n. A boy employed as waiter to serve (pots of) drinks, as in a tavern.
n. a boy or man employed in a public house to collect empty pots or glasses.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A boy who carries pots of ale, beer, etc.; a menial in a public house.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A boy or young man who has the charge of beer-pots.
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n. a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores
Word Usage
"I did not want to make a new translation for the reader but something that everybody in the house, scholar or potboy, would understand as easily as he understood a political speech or an article in a newspaper."