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单词 mozo
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Definition of mozo in English:

mozo

nounPlural mozos ˈmoθoˈməʊzəʊˈmoso-zō
  • (in Spanish-speaking countries) a male servant or attendant.

    (西班牙语国家)男服务员;男侍者

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was not long before he found service as a mozo in the family of a wealthy Spaniard, by whom he was taught to read and write.
    • One advertisement from 1922 announced the sale of '5000 acres and many mozos colonos who will travel to work on other plantations'. (Mozos colonos were indebted labourers.)
    • In such cases the outsider typically is a young man who moved into San Pedro to work as a mozo for a Pedrano family with sizable land holdings.
    Synonyms
    attendant, retainer

Origin

Spanish, literally 'boy'.

Definition of mozo in US English:

mozo

noun-zō
  • (in Spanish-speaking regions) a male servant or attendant.

    (西班牙语国家)男服务员;男侍者

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In such cases the outsider typically is a young man who moved into San Pedro to work as a mozo for a Pedrano family with sizable land holdings.
    • One advertisement from 1922 announced the sale of '5000 acres and many mozos colonos who will travel to work on other plantations'. (Mozos colonos were indebted labourers.)
    • It was not long before he found service as a mozo in the family of a wealthy Spaniard, by whom he was taught to read and write.
    Synonyms
    attendant, retainer

Origin

Spanish, literally ‘boy’.

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