altar boy

altar boy

English

Noun

altar boy (plural altar boys)

1. A boy serving as an acolyte in certain forms of Christianity.
2. A young man adhering to traditional values. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Hypernyms

• altar server

Coordinate terms

• altar girl

Translations

A boy serving as an acolyte

Catalan: escolà (ca) m, escolanet (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 輔祭／辅祭 (fǔjì) Dutch: misdienaar (nl) m Finnish: kuoripoika (fi) French: servant de messe (fr) m Galician: rapavelas m, acólito m, moociño m German: Messdiener (de) m, Ministrant (de) m Greek: παπαδάκι (el) n (papadáki) Hunsrik: Messdiener m Indonesian: putra altar (male only), misdinar (id) (any gender) Irish: cléireach m Italian: chierichetto (it) m, ministrante (it) m, abatino (it) m Korean: 복사 (ko) (boksa) Polish: ministrant (pl) m Portuguese: coroinha m, acólito (pt) m Russian: министрант (ru) m (ministrant) Spanish: monaguillo (es) m Swedish: korgosse c Welsh: gwas allor m, allorwas m

See also

• boy scout

References

• altar boy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• altar boy at OneLook Dictionary Search