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单词 mozo
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mozon.

Brit. /ˈməʊθəʊ/, /ˈməʊzəʊ/, /ˈməʊsəʊ/, U.S. /ˈmoʊzoʊ/, /ˈmoʊsoʊ/
Forms: 1800s moso, 1800s– mozo.
Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish mozo.
Etymology: < Spanish mozo serving lad (1350; 1245 in sense ‘boy’; 14th cent. in sense ‘adolescent’; also in early use in form †moço); further etymology uncertain.In sense 2 after a specific contextual use in Spanish; compare the following:1934 H. Baerlein Belmonte the Matador iii. 37 Every matador has got a valet, his mozo de estoques, whose important days are those on which there is a fight, not only in the dressing of his master but the duties of attendance..at the ring-side, preparing the muletas and handing to his master the swords as he requires them. O.E.D. Suppl. (1976) gives the pronunciation as (mōu·þo) /ˈmoθo/.
1. Chiefly in Latin America: a male servant or attendant; a groom; a labourer.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [noun] > man or boy
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mozo1811
Jack1836
tea-boy1847
John1848
1811 W. Scott Don Roderick xxxiii. 35 When for the light Bolero ready stand The Mozo blithe, with gay Muchacha met.
1834 Let. 15 May in Friend (Philadelphia) (1835) 10 Jan. 106/1 Fires were lighted, and, whilst our mosos were preparing our beds..we endeavoured to get a little higher up.
1847 G. F. Ruxton Adventures Mexico & Rocky Mts. vii. 48 I at length hired a mozo to proceed with me as far as Durango.
1904 J. Conrad Nostromo i. viii. 107 But Captain Mitchell's right-hand man..after looking down critically at the ragged mozo, shook his head.
1936 A. Huxley Eyeless in Gaza xli. 495 The mozos had loaded their baggage on to the pack-mules.
1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions iii. iii. 819 It turned out that the Señorito had asked the same question, and fled directly he got this same answer, leaving this mozo behind, to chat with her.
1991 Atlantic Apr. 83/1 Carlos was the mozo who came with the house.
2. Bullfighting. A bullfighter's attendant.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > bullfighting or bullfight > [noun] > bullfighter > assistant or attendant
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1926 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 290/2 Bull-fighting requires great courage in the bull-fighters from the espada to the mozo.
1934 H. Baerlein Belmonte the Matador iii. 38 Antonio Conde..undertook the part of mozo which he kept throughout the years.
1963 Parade (Austral.) Dec. 47/1 Meijas had to start at the bottom of the ladder as a ‘mozo’, the attendant who waits on a matador.
1967 J. McCormick & M. S. Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado iv. 146 Mozo(s), the badly paid and often brave ring-attendants who clean up the mess, accompany the picador on foot, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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