"bomboy" meaning in All languages combined

See bomboy on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: bomboys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bomboy (plural bomboys)
  1. (historical) A native supervisor of native laborers in colonial Africa. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-bomboy-en-noun-HtW4GwXP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "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."
        },
        {
          "ref": "b. 2016, in Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing, (chapter \"Quey\", page 62)",
          "text": "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."
        }
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        "A native supervisor of native laborers in colonial Africa."
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        ],
        [
          "colonial",
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        [
          "Africa",
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