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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

hall boy

Norwegian translation:

visergutt

Added to glossary by Vedis Bjørndal
Oct 1, 2007 21:17
16 yrs ago
English term

hall boy

English to Norwegian Social Sciences Journalism
...she's the object of the hall boy's affection.

Hva gjør en "hall boy"?
Noen som vet?
Proposed translations (Norwegian)
3 visergutt
1 kjøkkengutt

Proposed translations

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visergutt

Ifølge The Free Dictionary: "The hall boy was the lowest ranked male servant on the staff of a great house."

På norsk kan det bli visergutt, løpegutt, ærendsgutt eller noe i den retning.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Takk for hjelpen! Brukte "ærendsgutt" i teksten her."
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kjøkkengutt

Den laveste i tjenerhierarkiet.

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Note added at 50 mins (2007-10-01 22:08:01 GMT) Post-grading
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Eller kanskje "dreng" hvis det er snakk om en gaard.
Example sentence:

Da skal jeg bære videre den skamfulle nyheten om at Camelot ikke hadde bedre hjelp å gi meg, enn en kjøkkengutt.

Vi møter Jack- en foreldreløs kjøkkengutt som jobber på Harvell, et stort slott, som huser kongefamilien i de fire kongedømmene.

Note from asker:
Takk, Bjørnar. For at du veldig ofte stiller opp og hjelper til. Jeg skal notere meg "kjøkkengutt" som en mulig oversettelser for "hall boy".
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