altar boy
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a boy serving as an acolyteType of male child, acolyte
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
al′tar boy (…), noun
a boy who assists a priest at the celebration of the Holy Mass and other forms of public worship; — also called acolyte.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors