dressing-boy
English
Noun
dressing-boy (plural dressing-boys)
- (India, historical) A native male valet in Madras during the British Raj, corresponding to the bearer of North India.
References
- Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “dressing-boy”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].