Meaning

1 senses
  1. (US)An assistant waiter; one who clears plates from and cleans tables.

    Hilfskellner

    a male restaurant attendant who sets tables and assists waiters and clears away dirty dishes

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Tom is a busboy.

    Том — помічник офіціанта.

    ruТом — помощник официанта.

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  2. I'm just a busboy.

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  3. I'm a busboy.

    ruЯ помощник официанта.

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  4. Yanni's first job was a busboy.

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  5. He works as a busboy.

    ruОн работает помощником официанта.

    deEr arbeitet als Hilfskellner.

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Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
assistant waiter; one who clears plates from and cleans tables:

Origin

Clipping of omnibus (“assistant waiter”) + boy.

Clipping of omnibus (“assistant waiter”) + boy.

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Forms

plural: busboys
Singularbusboy
Pluralbusboys

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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