altar boy

English

Noun

altar boy (plural altar boys)

A boy serving as an acolyte in certain forms of Christianity.
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)
Macedonian: ѓа́че n (ǵáče)
Polish: ministrant (pl) m
Portuguese: coroinha (pt) m, acólito (pt) m
Russian: министра́нт (ru) m (ministránt)
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”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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