Bomboy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bomboy is a noun meaning (historical) A native supervisor of native laborers in colonial Africa.
Meaning
(historical) A native supervisor of native laborers in colonial Africa.
Example Sentences
Two Bomboys to take care [while] six Labourers work in the Garden and the Stockyard. Cudjoe, the Slaves' Bomboy went with ten Women to cut & carry Wood.
Quey and his fellow company men’s official duties included meeting Badu and his men weekly to go over the inventory, overseeing the bomboys who loaded the canoes with cargo, and updating the Castle’s governor with news of Badu’s other trade partners.
Word Forms
- bomboys
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bushboy, houseboy, bosal, houseboi, caboceer, blackboy.
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