Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man who helps with a pack train or serves as a porter.
- noun An assistant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A man-servant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a male
servant , especially an attendant to abullfighter
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I actually picked up the term mozo from the domestic section of the classified ads.
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A mozo is a male servant, assistant, attendant, or hired man.
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Even in the off season, when only the Major Domo and a mozo are there, the bill isn't cheap.
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In such varied discourse did the hours pass so swiftly away that we were not a little surprised when Pépé, the 'mozo' (and
George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Clement King Shorter 1891
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A mozo, or stable-boy, must accompany them, to return them, and the traveller must pay for the additional horse, the keep of the mozo, and an extra peso a day as his salary.
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A mozo, or stable-boy, must accompany them, to return them, and the traveller must pay for the additional horse, the keep of the mozo, and an extra peso a day as his salary.
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A mozo, or stable-boy, must accompany them, to return them, and the traveller must pay for the additional horse, the keep of the mozo, and an extra peso a day as his salary.
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A mozo, or stable-boy, must accompany them, to return them, and the traveller must pay for the additional horse, the keep of the mozo, and an extra peso a day as his salary.
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A mozo, or stable-boy, must accompany them, to return them, and the traveller must pay for the additional horse, the keep of the mozo, and an extra peso a day as his salary.
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A mozo, or stable-boy, must accompany them, to return them, and the traveller must pay for the additional horse, the keep of the mozo, and an extra peso a day as his salary.
qms commented on the word mozo
It’s true, and everyone knows so,
Mike Pence is a dud as a mozo,
But don’t you suppose
A red bulbous nose
Would suit him to serve as a bozo?
February 22, 2019