loblolly boy
noun Obsolete.
an assistant to the surgeon on board a ship.
Origin of loblolly boy
First recorded in 1740–50
Words nearby loblolly boy
lobi,
lobitis,
lobito,
loblolly,
loblolly bay,
loblolly boy,
loblolly pine,
lobo,
lobola,
lobolo,
lobopodium
Example sentences from the Web for loblolly boy
None of your fresh-water and loblolly-boy terms, if you please.
British Dictionary definitions for loblolly boy
loblolly boy
loblolly man
noun
British navy
(formerly) a boy or man acting as a medical orderly on board ship
Word Origin for loblolly boy
C18: from
loblolly sense 2, applied to a ship's doctor's medicines