'Cabin boy' definitions:
Definition of 'cabin boy'
(from WordNet)
noun
A young man acting as a servant on a ship
Definition of 'Cabin boy'
From: GCIDE
- Cabin \Cab"in\ (k[a^]b"[i^]n), n. [OF. caban, fr. W. caban booth, cabin, dim. of cab cot, tent; or fr. F. cabane, cabine, LL. cabanna, perh. from the Celtic.]
- 1. A cottage or small house; a hut. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- A hunting cabin in the west. --E. Everett. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A small room; an inclosed place. [1913 Webster]
- So long in secret cabin there he held Her captive. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A room in ship for officers or passengers. [1913 Webster]
- Cabin boy, a boy whose duty is to wait on the officers and passengers in the cabin of a ship. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cabin boy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- airline hostess,
- airline stewardess,
- attendant,
- bakehead,
- batman,
- bellboy,
- bellhop,
- bellman,
- black gang,
- boilerman,
- bootblack,
- boots,
- bungs,
- caddie,
- chips,
- chore boy,
- commissary steward,
- complement,
- copyboy,
- cupbearer,
- deckhand,
- deckie,
- errand boy,
- errand girl,
- fireman,
- footboy,
- Ganymede,
- gofer,
- gun loader,
- gunner,
- hand,
- Hebe,
- hospital steward,
- hostess,
- landing signalman,
- mail orderly,
- navigator,
- office boy,
- office girl,
- oiler,
- orderly,
- page,
- purser,
- radio operator,
- roustabout,
- snip,
- snips,
- sparks,
- squire,
- steward,
- stewardess,
- stoker,
- tender,
- torpedoman,
- trainbearer,
- usher,
- watch,
- yeoman