cabin boynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkæb.ɪn ˌbɔɪ/us/ˈkæb.ɪn ˌbɔɪ/old-fashioneda boy who is a servant on a ship
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People who work on boats & ships
- cabin crew
- crew member
- deckhand
- docker
- gondolier
- hand
- helmsman
- longshoreman
- mariner
- merchant seaman
- pilot
- run away to sea idiom
- sailor
- sea
- sea dog
- stevedore
- steward
- yachtsman
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Examples from literature
- He felt glad that he had elected to be a sailor, even though he began as an humble cabin boy.
- I was the oldest, so I went to Belfast and got a billet on board ship as cabin boy.
- Ned Rogers, a "down-east" plucky lad ships as cabin boy to earn a livelihood.
- One day he beat me and I ran away and shipped as cabin boy on a sailing vessel bound for Liverpool.
- There were nine men in the water, while the cabin boy stood shivering on deck.