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noun
a male attendant, as a cabin boy, steward, etc., employed to wait on a ship's passengers or officers.
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Origin of ship's boy

First recorded in 1545–55

Words nearby ship's boy

shipping ton, shippon, ship-rigged, ship's articles, ship's biscuit, ship's boy, ship's company, shipshape, shipside, ship's inertial navigation system, ship's papers
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British Dictionary definitions for ship's boy

ship's boy
noun
a young man or boy employed to attend the needs of passengers or officers aboard ship
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