cabin boy
Young maritime servant
A cabin boy is a young male servant aboard a ship, historically employed to wait on officers and perform general duties.
The role was common in the age of sail, when boys as young as ten might serve to learn seamanship: He started as a cabin boy and worked his way up to captain.
Seagoing transport vessel
- sailorSeafaring crew member
- deckShip's flat surface
- galleyOnboard food preparation area
- vesselReceptacle for contents
nautical · seafaring · voyage · anchor · mast · rigging · helm · port
Ship's manual laborer
- stewardManager for another
- servantOne employed to serve
- attendantOne who assists others
- errandShort task away from home
chores · fetch · scrub · polish · mess · provisions · officers · captain's quarters
Person in puberty
- teenagerPerson aged thirteen-nineteen
- youngNot yet mature
- minorScale with lowered third
- ladBoy or young man
youngster · juvenile · stripling · inexperienced · greenhorn · novice · apprentice · trainee
Of occupied territories
- 18th centuryYears 1701-1800
- 19th centuryThe eighteen hundreds
- merchant marineCivilian ships for commerce
- naval traditionLongstanding seafaring customs
Treasure Island · sea shanty · Jim Hawkins · adventure tale · wooden ships
ship
Seagoing transport vessel
vessel · nautical · seafaring · voyage · anchor · mast · rigging · helm · port · starboard
deckhand
Ship's manual laborer
errand · chores · fetch · scrub · polish · mess · provisions · officers · captain's quarters · below decks
adolescent
Person in puberty
lad · youngster · juvenile · stripling · inexperienced · greenhorn · novice · apprentice · trainee · impressment
colonial
Of occupied territories
- 18th centuryYears 1701-1800
- 19th centuryThe eighteen hundreds
- merchant marineCivilian ships for commerce
naval tradition · Treasure Island · sea shanty · Jim Hawkins · adventure tale · wooden ships
- seafaringship, sailors, ships, sail, sailor
- boyslad, laddie, son, youngster, youth
- maritime jobssailor, captain, first mate, seaman, fisherman
- maritime travelerssailor, captain, passenger, crew, navigator
- sailorscaptain, sailor, seaman, mariner, skipper
- sea talespirate story, sea stories, sea story, mermaid tale, ghost ships
cabin boycaptain
One who commands
ship's captain · master · commanding officer · admiral · skipper
boy, cabin, cabinet, cabins, boyhood, cabana, cabinetmaker, cabin fever