busboyn.

Brit.

/ˈbʌsbɔɪ/, U.S.

/ˈbəsˌbɔɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bus n.¹, boy n.¹, omnibus boy.

Etymology: < bus n.¹ + boy n.¹, as a shortening of omnibus boy (1839 or earlier in sense 1, 1896 or earlier in sense 2). With sense 2, compare earlier bus n.¹ 3, omnibus n. 6.

†1. A boy or man who collects fares, etc., on a bus. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > public transport employees > employees on a bus > conductor

cad1833

bus conductor1838

busboy1867

bus ticket collector1894

1867 W. B. Dalley in G. B. Barton Poets & Prose Writers New S. Wales 167 He can talk..of those dreary sepulchres..as glibly as..a Newtown 'bus boy of the Camperdown cemetery.

1874 Repository Aug. 103/1 Beckoning to the 'bus boy.., I was soon convoyed to a seat in his time-honored vehicle.

2. Originally and chiefly U.S. A waiter's assistant; a person employed to clear tables in a restaurant, etc.; = omnibus n. 6.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > server of food > in inn or restaurant > waiter's assistant

omnibus1888

bus1902

busboy1904

piccolo1904

commis1930

1904 H. C. Cullaton Firm of Nan & Sue, Stenographers 116 ‘He is a head-waiter..and he wants a bus, or in other words, a boy to carry dishes and wait on the other waiters..’. ‘Very well, send the bus boy.’

1911 Washington Post 1 Jan. 10/5 (advt.) Waiter or busboy. 1121 4th st.

1947 W. H. Auden Age of Anxiety (1948) ii. 36 A bus-boy brushing a table.

2006 J. Child & A. Prud'homme My Life in France (2009) ii. 109 The service—provided by a headwaiter, two sub-headwaiters, two waiters, and a busboy for each table—was faultless.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	busboy
释义	busboyn. Brit. /ˈbʌsbɔɪ/, U.S. /ˈbəsˌbɔɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bus n.¹, boy n.¹, omnibus boy. Etymology: < bus n.¹ + boy n.¹, as a shortening of omnibus boy (1839 or earlier in sense 1, 1896 or earlier in sense 2). With sense 2, compare earlier bus n.¹ 3, omnibus n. 6. †1. A boy or man who collects fares, etc., on a bus. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > public transport employees > employees on a bus > conductor cad1833 bus conductor1838 busboy1867 bus ticket collector1894 1867 W. B. Dalley in G. B. Barton Poets & Prose Writers New S. Wales 167 He can talk..of those dreary sepulchres..as glibly as..a Newtown 'bus boy of the Camperdown cemetery. 1874 Repository Aug. 103/1 Beckoning to the 'bus boy.., I was soon convoyed to a seat in his time-honored vehicle. 2. Originally and chiefly U.S. A waiter's assistant; a person employed to clear tables in a restaurant, etc.; = omnibus n. 6. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > server of food > in inn or restaurant > waiter's assistant omnibus1888 bus1902 busboy1904 piccolo1904 commis1930 1904 H. C. Cullaton Firm of Nan & Sue, Stenographers 116 ‘He is a head-waiter..and he wants a bus, or in other words, a boy to carry dishes and wait on the other waiters..’. ‘Very well, send the bus boy.’ 1911 Washington Post 1 Jan. 10/5 (advt.) Waiter or busboy. 1121 4th st. 1947 W. H. Auden Age of Anxiety (1948) ii. 36 A bus-boy brushing a table. 2006 J. Child & A. Prud'homme My Life in France (2009) ii. 109 The service—provided by a headwaiter, two sub-headwaiters, two waiters, and a busboy for each table—was faultless. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1867
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