English

Alternative forms

• cabin-boy

Noun

cabin boy ‎(plural cabin boys)

1. (dated) A boy or young man who is employed to serve as an attendant for passengers or crew members on a ship.

Synonyms

• ship's boy

Translations

References

• “cabin-boy” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
• “cabinboy” in the Compact Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford University Press, 2007) / “cabin boy” in the Compact Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford University Press, 2007)
• “cabin boy” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.