cabin boy

Noun
Synonyms: cabin boy

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a young man acting as a servant on a shipSynonyms: cabin boy
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Webster's Dictionary (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]

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