A boy or lad employed as an attendant or servant; hence, by extension, a male servant or attendant of any age. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [noun] > man or boy (28) knightc950 A boy or lad employed as an attendant or servant; hence, by extension, a male servant or attendant of any age. Obsolete. knapec1000 A man-servant, male attendant, ‘man’: = knave, n. 2. Obsolete. shalkOE Originally, a servant; in alliterative poetry one of the common synonyms for ‘man’. (In the last example used contemptuously.) knaveOE A male attendant, page, or other servant; (also more generally) a man of low rank or status; a commoner, a peasant. Often contrasted with knight. Now… sergeantc1200 A serving-man, attendant, servant. Obsolete. swainc1275 A male servant, serving-man; an attendant, follower. Obsolete. groom1297 A man of inferior position; a serving-man; a man-servant; a male attendant. Obsolete exc. archaic. garcion13.. A serving-man, groom; esp. a young man or boy servant. ladc1300 A serving-man, attendant; a man of low birth and position; a varlet. Obsolete. harlota1350 A (typically male) servant or attendant. Frequently somewhat contemptuous. Obsolete. serving-mana1400 A man who serves; an adult male servant or attendant. manservant1409 A male servant. varlet1483 A man or lad acting as an attendant or servant; a menial, a groom. Now archaic. handman1496 A male (personal) servant; a manservant. Also figurative and in extended use. Cf. handmaid, n. custrelinga1556 A servant or attendant to a knight or man-at-arms. Cf. custrel, n. 1. Sim Shakebuckler?1560 Combined with another word so as to form a name or nickname. a male servant or attendant (perhaps with some implication of misbehaviour: cf. shakebu… lackey-boy1575 vadelect1586 A servant, serving-man. muchacho1591 In Spain and Spanish-speaking countries: a boy, a young man; a male servant. round robin1591 Chiefly depreciative. Applied to a man (in various allusive uses). Cf. robin, n.1 1. Obsolete. varlettoa1616 = varlet, n. 1 or 2b. vadelet1661 gossoon1684 A youth, a boy; a servant-boy, lackey. skip1699 A footman, lackey, or manservant. In later use spec. at Trinity College, Dublin, a college-servant, a scout. mozo1811 Chiefly in Latin America: a male servant or attendant; a groom; a labourer. Jack1836 Any of various types of manual labourer; a male servant; an odd-job man. Now rare. tea-boy1847 (a) a man-servant; (b) a youth (occasionally a man) employed to serve tea to workers. John1848 (A generic name for, or form of address to) a servant, or other person considered to be of inferior rank, as a military cadet, new recruit, etc. Now… |
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