gossoon

The definition of a gossoon is a boy, especially a servant.

(noun)

An example of a gossoon is a boy who must tend to a master's needs.

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See gossoon in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a boy
  2. a servant boy

Origin: altered < Fr garçon, boy, attendant < OFr gars: see gasket

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