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dressing-boy

dressing-boy noun: a native male valet in Madras during the British Raj, corresponding to the bearer of North India.

Noun

dressing-boy (plural dressing-boys)

  1. (India, historical) A native male valet in Madras during the British Raj, corresponding to the bearer of North India.

Forms of dressing-boy

pluraldressing-boys

Questions about dressing-boy

What does dressing-boy mean?
Dressing-boy means a native male valet in Madras during the British Raj, corresponding to the bearer of North India.
What part of speech is dressing-boy?
Dressing-boy is a noun.
What is the plural of dressing-boy?
The plural of dressing-boy is dressing-boys.

Words near dressing-boy in the dictionary

  1. dressing the part
  2. dressing to kill
  3. dressing up
  4. dressing-bell
  5. dressing-bells
  6. dressing-boy
  7. dressing-boys
  8. dressing-down
  9. dressing-downs
  10. dressing-gown
  11. dressing-gowned

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