Definition of "gossoon" [gos•soon]

• A young boy, a servant boy; a lackey. (noun)

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• "Three times a week a "gossoon" ran with the post to Oughterard, thirty-six miles away, where the nearest coach passed."
• "'I mourn the earth-worms, the cacti, and the tireless "gossoon,"' added"
• "You don't want Da to think you're what he calls a “namby-pamby gossoon,” do you?"