Boy-servant
71valet — I. noun Etymology: Middle English vadlet, valet, from Anglo French, young man of noble birth serving a lord, boy, servant, from Medieval Latin *vassellittus, diminutive of vassus servant more at vassal Date: 14th century 1. a. a man s male… …
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73page — English has two nouns page. The one that now denotes ‘boy servant’ originally meant simply ‘boy’ [13]. It was borrowed from Old French page, itself an adaptation of Italian paggio. This is generally assumed to have come from Greek paidíon, a… …
74page — English has two nouns page. The one that now denotes ‘boy servant’ originally meant simply ‘boy’ [13]. It was borrowed from Old French page, itself an adaptation of Italian paggio. This is generally assumed to have come from Greek paidíon, a… …
75Swain — Swain, n. [OE. swain, swein, Icel. sveinn a boy, servant; akin to Sw. sven, Dan. svend, AS. sw[=a]n, OHG. swein.] 1. A servant. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Him behoves serve himself that has no swain. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A young man dwelling in… …
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77swain — swainish, adj. swainishness, n. /swayn/, n. 1. a male admirer or lover. 2. a country lad. 3. a country gallant. [bef. 1150; ME swein servant < ON sveinn boy, servant; c. OE swan] * * * …
78Swainston — This interesting name is of combined Old Norse and Anglo Saxon origin, and has a number of different interpretations. Firstly, it may be a variant form of the patronymic surname Swainson, which itself has two related sources. It may be derived… …
79coxswain — [15] A coxswain was originally a servant, or swain, whose job was to steer a ship’s boat, or cock (cock comes from Old French coque, which was probably a descendant via late Latin caudica ‘canoe’ of Latin caudex ‘tree trunk’, and swain is a… …
80Mac- — common element in Scottish and Irish names, from O.Celt. *makko s son. Cognate root *makwos son produced O.Welsh map, Welsh mab, ap son; also probably cognate with O.E. mago son, attendant, servant, O.N. mögr son, Goth. magus boy, servant, O.E.… …
