mozo

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/ˈməʊzəʊ//ˈmoθo/

noun

A male servant, especially an attendant to a bullfighter.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

mozo1

nounmozo (plural mozos)

plural mozos

  1. A male servant, especially an attendant to a bullfighter.

    I found, by advice, that single mozos weren't apt to be much good.

    1931, Hart Crane, letter, 2 June
    1 more example

    When he rode up to the gerente’s house that morning he was accompanied by four friends and by a retinue of mozos and two packanimals saddled with hardwood kiacks, one empty, the other carrying their noon provisions.

    1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses
  2. A title of respect for a young man (usually unmarried) with or without a name used.
  3. An unmarried man, a boy.

Mozo2

proper nounMozo (plural Mozos)

plural Mozos

Origin

  1. Spanishmozo
  2. Spanishmozo
  3. Englishmozo

Borrowed from Spanish mozo.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mozo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mozo.

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