mozo
/ˈməʊzəʊ/
mozo noun: a male servant, especially an attendant to a bullfighter.
Noun
mozo (plural mozos)
- A male servant, especially an attendant to a bullfighter.
- I found, by advice, that single mozos weren't apt to be much good.1931, Hart Crane, letter, 2 June
- When he rode up to the gerente’s house that morning he was accompanied by four friends and by a retinue of mozos and two packanimals saddled with hardwood kiacks, one empty, the other carrying their noon provisions.1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses
- A title of respect for a young man (usually unmarried) with or without a name used.
- An unmarried man, a boy.
Proper noun capitalized: Mozo
Mozo (plural Mozos)
- A surname.
Forms of mozo
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mozos |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Mozos |
Origin of mozo
Borrowed from Spanish mozo.
Questions about mozo
- What does mozo mean?
- Mozo means a male servant, especially an attendant to a bullfighter.
- What part of speech is mozo?
- Mozo can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mozo?
- Mozo is pronounced /ˈməʊzəʊ/.
- What is the plural of mozo?
- The plural of mozo is mozos.
Words near mozo in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mozo (page history and authors); Mozo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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