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?)

Synonyms

• (young man with traditional values): boy scout

Hypernyms

• altar server

Coordinate terms

• altar girl

Translations

A boy serving as an acolyte

• Catalan: escolà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輔祭／辅祭 (fǔjì), 辅祭 (fǔjì)

• Dutch: misdienaar (nl) m
• French: servant de la messe m
• Galician: rapavelas m, acólito m, moociño m
• German: Messdiener (de) m, Ministrant (de) m
• Greek: παπαδάκι (el) n (papadáki)
• Hunsrik: Messdiener m
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• Irish: cléireach m
• Italian: chierichetto (it) m, ministrante (it) m, abatino (it) m
• Korean: 복사 (ko) (boksa)
• Polish: ministrant (pl) m
• Portuguese: coroinha m
• Russian: министрант m (ministrant)
• Spanish: monaguillo (es) m
• Swedish: korgosse c
• Welsh: gwas allor m, allorwas m