mozo de cordel

Spanish

Noun

mozo de cordel m (plural mozos de cordel)

1. (historical) A porter who carried a rope, and was available to hire by the general public for transporting of heavy goods in general

   Synonym: mozo de cuerda

Further reading

• “mozo de cordel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10