Meanings
mozo1
plural mozos
- 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 June1 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 - A title of respect for a young man (usually unmarried) with or without a name used.
- An unmarried man, a boy.
Mozo2
Origin
- Spanishmozo
- Spanishmozo
- Englishmozo
Borrowed from Spanish mozo.
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mozo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mozo
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