Definition of boat-boy in English:

boat-boy

noun ˈbəʊtbɔɪ

1A boy engaged to help to operate or pilot a boat; a boatman's assistant or apprentice.
2Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church. An altar boy who carries the incense boat during services, accompanying the thurifer carrying the censer.

Origin

Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Nathaniel Whiting (d. 1682), satirist and nonconformist minister. From boat + boy. With sense 1 compare earlier ship-boy.

Definition of boat-boy in US English:

boat-boy

nounˈbəʊtbɔɪ

1A boy engaged to help to operate or pilot a boat; a boatman's assistant or apprentice.
2Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church. An altar boy who carries the incense boat during services, accompanying the thurifer carrying the censer.

Origin

Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Nathaniel Whiting (d. 1682), satirist and nonconformist minister. From boat + boy. With sense 1 compare earlier ship-boy.

单词	boat-boy
释义	Definition of boat-boy in English: boat-boy noun ˈbəʊtbɔɪ 1A boy engaged to help to operate or pilot a boat; a boatman's assistant or apprentice. 2Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church. An altar boy who carries the incense boat during services, accompanying the thurifer carrying the censer. Origin Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Nathaniel Whiting (d. 1682), satirist and nonconformist minister. From boat + boy. With sense 1 compare earlier ship-boy. Definition of boat-boy in US English: boat-boy nounˈbəʊtbɔɪ 1A boy engaged to help to operate or pilot a boat; a boatman's assistant or apprentice. 2Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church. An altar boy who carries the incense boat during services, accompanying the thurifer carrying the censer. Origin Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Nathaniel Whiting (d. 1682), satirist and nonconformist minister. From boat + boy. With sense 1 compare earlier ship-boy.
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