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shipboy

shipboy noun: synonym of cabin boy (“a male attendant on a ship”).

Noun

shipboy (plural shipboys)

  1. Synonym of cabin boy (“a male attendant on a ship”).
    Synonyms:
    cabin boy

Synonyms of shipboy

Forms of shipboy

pluralshipboys

Origin of shipboy

From ship + boy.

Questions about shipboy

What does shipboy mean?
Shipboy means synonym of cabin boy (“a male attendant on a ship”).
What part of speech is shipboy?
Shipboy is a noun.
What is the plural of shipboy?
The plural of shipboy is shipboys.

Words near shipboy in the dictionary

  1. shipboard
  2. shipboards
  3. shipborne
  4. shipbound
  5. Shipbourne
  6. shipboy
  7. shipboys
  8. shipbreaker
  9. shipbreakers
  10. shipbreaking
  11. shipbroken

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