mozo

noun

mo·​zo

ˈmō(ˌ)sō

plural -s

1

chiefly Southwest

a

: a male hired to assist with household work or to attend to various small jobs or to do chiefly manual work of a usually somewhat heavy or menial kind: such as

(1)

: a male servant : male domestic

(2)

: handyman

(3)

: a luggage porter

(4)

: laborer

b

: a waiter in a restaurant or other dining room

2

chiefly Southwest : a male hired to assist with a train of pack animals

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, literally, boy, from Old Spanish moço

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