Boy-servant
81swain — mid 12c., young man attendant upon a knight, from O.N. sveinn boy, servant, attendant, from P.Gmc. *swainaz attendant, servant, properly “one s own (man),” from PIE *swoi no , from root *swe oneself, alone, apart (see IDIOM (Cf. idiom)).… …
82swain — [[t]sweɪn[/t]] n. 1) a male admirer or lover 2) a country lad • Etymology: bef. 1150; ME swein servant < ON sveinn boy, servant, c. OE swān, OHGswein swain′ish, adj. swain′ish•ness, n …
83coxswain — [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… …
84Kim's Game — is a game or exercise played by Boy Scouts and other children s groups. Scouting Games by Sir Robert S. S. Baden Powell, 1921. Chapter IV. [http://www.macscouter.com/Games/BPGames.asp Online version at US Scouting Service] accessed July, 2008.]… …
85Semantic change — Semantic change, also known as semantic shift or semantic progression describes the evolution of word usage usually to the point that the modern meaning is radically different from the original usage. In diachronic (or historical) linguistics,… …
86cabinboy — cabin boy n. A boy servant aboard a ship. * * * …
87mochila — /moh chee leuh/, n. a flap of leather on the seat of a saddle, used as a covering and sometimes as a base to which saddlebags are attached. [1855 60, Amer.; < Sp: lit., knapsack, deriv. of mochil errand boy < Basque motxil, dim. of motil, mutil… …
88coxswain — early 14c., officer in charge of a ship s boat and its crew, from cock ship s boat (from O.Fr. coque canoe ) + swain boy, from O.N. sveinn boy, servant (see SWAIN (Cf. swain)) …
89page — n. Boy servant (attending a royal or noble personage or a legislature), serving boy …
90Buttons — But tons, n. A boy servant, or page, in allusion to the buttons on his livery. [Colloq.] Dickens. [1913 Webster] …
