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Boy

Meanings and phrases

boy

n.

a youthful male person; male child
a friendly informal reference to a grown man
a male human offspring; son
(ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man

Boy Orator of the Platte

n.

United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925); Bryan; William Jennings Bryan; Great Commoner

Boy Scout

n.

a boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts

Boy Scouts

n.

an international (but decentralized) movement started in 1908 in England with the goal of teaching good citizenship to boys

Boy Scouts of America

n.

a corporation that operates through a national council that charters local councils all over the United States; the purpose is character building and citizenship training

Georgia home boy

n.

street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate; soap; scoop; max; liquid ecstasy; grievous bodily harm; goop; easy lay

Teddy boy

n.

a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes; Ted

altar boy

n.

a boy serving as an acolyte

E.g.

Shaw also regularly attended church and became an altar boy.
He attended parochial schools in the city, and was an altar boy.
I was his altar boy.

backroom boy

n.

an expert adviser involved in making important decisions but usually lacking official status; brain truster

ball boy

n.

a boy who retrieves balls for tennis players

bat boy

n.

(baseball) a boy who takes care of bats and other baseball equipment

boy scout

n.

a man who is considered naive

boy wonder

n.

an extremely talented young male person

broth of a boy

n.

an outstanding person; as if produced by boiling down a savory broth; broth of a man

cabin boy

n.

a young man acting as a servant on a ship

E.g.

His story began when he ran away from home and went to sea as a cabin boy.
John, the eighteen-year-old cabin boy and Captain Scammon alternate in recounting a journey.
In England, he signed aboard the American East Indian Clipper "Jumna" as a cabin boy in 1854.

city boy

n.

a city dweller with sophisticated manners and clothing; city slicker

college boy

n.

a student (or former student) at a college or university; collegian; college man

delivery boy

n.

someone employed to make deliveries; deliveryman; deliverer

E.g.

Leonski worked for a time as a delivery boy.
When he was 18 he accepted a job as a paper delivery boy.
He also acted as delivery boy for the mysterious Lucius Frowsley.

elevator boy

n.

a man employed to operate an elevator; elevator man; liftman

errand boy

n.

a boy who earns money by running errands; messenger boy

E.g.

Six years her elder, Robert Goulden was at that time an errand boy at a Manchester manufacturers.
Kohner started out as an office errand boy at Laemmle's company, Universal Pictures, in New York.
Granville is an errand boy to his uncle and employer, Arkwright, who is the proprietor of an old-fashioned Yorkshire corner shop.

farm boy

n.

a boy who has grown up on a farm

golden boy

n.

a man who is unusually successful at an early age; wonder boy

good ol ' boy

n.

a white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer group; good old boy; good ole boy

good old boy

n.

a white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer group; good ole boy; good ol' boy

good ole boy

n.

a white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer group; good old boy; good ol' boy

grocery boy

n.

a delivery boy for groceries

mama 's boy

n.

a boy excessively attached to his mother; lacking normal masculine interests; mother's boy; mamma's boy

mamma 's boy

n.

a boy excessively attached to his mother; lacking normal masculine interests; mother's boy; mama's boy

messenger boy

n.

a boy who earns money by running errands; errand boy

mother 's boy

n.

a boy excessively attached to his mother; lacking normal masculine interests; mamma's boy; mama's boy

office boy

n.

a young man who is employed to do odd jobs in a business office

E.g.

He started his business career at the age of 15 as an office boy.
He worked at a department store, first as an office boy, then as a salesman.
At age 11, Thompson became an office boy for the merchant W. Jackson in Rockhampton.

old boy

n.

a familiar term of address for a man; old man
a vivacious elderly man
a former male pupil of a school

E.g.

In fact, there is a 13 year old boy who participated in the sweeping action.
In 2009 a 13 year old boy died after a collision with a tree on a beginner trail.
", was given a musical setting in 1916 by Walter Greatorex, an old boy of the school.

old boy network

n.

an exclusive informal network linking members of a social class or profession or organization in order to provide connections and information and favors (especially in business or politics)

poor boy

n.

a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States; bomber; grinder; hero; hero sandwich; hoagie; hoagy; Cuban sandwich; Italian sandwich; sub; submarine; submarine sandwich; torpedo; wedge; zep

poster boy

n.

a male poster child

sailor boy

n.

a serviceman in the navy; bluejacket; navy man; sailor

shop boy

n.

a young male shop assistant

sonny boy

n.

a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy); cub; lad; laddie; sonny

water boy

n.

an assistant who supplies drinking water; waterer

whipping boy

n.

someone who is punished for the errors of others; scapegoat

wolf boy

n.

a male person assumed to have been raised by wolves

wonder boy

n.

a man who is unusually successful at an early age; golden boy

young boy

E.g.

As a young boy he moved to Chelsea, Massachusetts.
Marrel gave the young boy also artistic training.
As a young boy he attended Sutton St. James' C.E.

boy band

E.g.

U-KISS was formed as a six-member boy band in 2008.
Avenue (group) Avenue were an English boy band.
As a teen, Shi Won was obsessed with a boy band.

boy named

E.g.

Billie Rae gives birth to a baby boy named Adam.
The current Phobos is a young boy named Alexander Aaron.
She gave birth on 26 October 2012 to a boy named Hadrien.

little boy

E.g.

Singh threw javelin and played cricket as a little boy.
He has learned to play guitar since he was a little boy.
"I'm a man; I'm not a little boy," he said.

baby boy

E.g.

Billie Rae gives birth to a baby boy named Adam.
On 30 January 2018, Richards gave birth to a baby boy.
A baby boy was born the following weekend.

teenage boy

E.g.

Benoît is a young teenage boy living in rural Quebec.
"Sparkleshark" is a play about a teenage boy called Jake.
The novel is about a teenage boy, Patrick Scully, and his friends.

boy group

E.g.

He was also a member of the five boy group band, PEACE.
After her, Australian boy group The Koi Boys gave a performance.
Rush (EP) Rush is the second extended play from South Korean boy group Monsta X.

bad boy

E.g.

Sarah falls for his bad boy image and thinks he is hot.
And, of course, she does love a bad boy."
The character of Josh was initially introduced as a bad boy of sorts.

small boy

E.g.

Wegelius moved, as a small boy, with his mother, to England.
Vivekananda would call Sudhir affectionately as Khoka (small boy).
It is a poetic evocation of life as seen from the perspective of a small boy.

young boy named

E.g.

The current Phobos is a young boy named Alexander Aaron.
The story follows a very young boy named Peter as he spends a day playing in the snow.
The Flenserists capture a young boy named Jefri Olsndot and his wounded sister, Johanna.

another boy

E.g.

Let him try another boy... 'Who was Cotton Mather?'
After leaving the roof Helios is attacked by Milentius and another boy.
For example, he assault another boy who had behaved in an atrocious way towards him.

boy called

E.g.

"Sparkleshark" is a play about a teenage boy called Jake.
The father is revealed to be a boy called Jackson Hodge (Rhys Cadman).
Ellen and her family provide a foster home for a seven-year-old runaway boy called Timmy.

school boy

E.g.

Shun is the high school boy that Nono develops feelings for.
As a school boy he had a keen interest in the military and joined the Cadets.
As a school boy he joined a local Catholic youth group, becoming a group leader.

boy and girl

E.g.

These bonds were sold primarily by the boy and girl scouts.
Chester has a cathedral choir of male lay clerks, choral scholars, and boy and girl choristers.
The woman holding her baby brings it even closer to her, and the boy and girl in the pickup embrace.

boy whose

E.g.

The film revolves around the life of Raju (Jeet), a poor boy whose mother dies of starvation.
He was finally knocked unconscious, reportedly by a small boy whose brother was a Bowery Boy.
He is passionately devoted to an African man; the beautiful boy whose portrait hangs in Charles's house.

head boy

E.g.

He attended Farnham Grammar School from 1948 to 1955, where he was head boy.
Since 1930, the school has elected a head boy and head girl from its Year 13 students.
David was elected head boy in 2004 and managed the wheelchair hockey and football sessions.

boy bands

E.g.

“Dead 7” includes various members of different boy bands.
It paved the way for more Asian boy bands such as Arashi.
Meanwhile Mallu pop saw a new trend that was the rise of boy bands.

local boy

E.g.

The paper attracted local boy Harold White.
A local boy tells him about George's display of gun skill.
A local boy that Darren and Evra became friends with when they stopped for a show in book two.