boy
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
boy/bɔɪ/
▶noun
- 1 a male child or youth.
- 2 (boys) informal men who mix socially or belong to a particular group.
- 3 dated, offensive a black male servant or worker.
– derivatives
boyhood noun,
boyish adjective,
boyishly adverb,
boyishness noun.
boyhood noun,
boyish adjective,
boyishly adverb,
boyishness noun.
– origin ME: of unknown origin.
'boy' also found in these Oxford entries:
adolescent
- altar boy
- attaboy
- ballboy
- bar mitzvah
- barrow boy
- b-boy
- beaver
- best boy
- blue-eyed boy
- bo
- bodgie
- bootboy
- bovver
- boyo
- boy racer
- Boy Scout
- boy wonder
- break
- bris
- broth
- brother
- bub
- buster
- cabin boy
- catamite
- chap
- choirboy
- chokra
- circumcise
- corner boy
- day boy
- fair-haired
- Fauntleroy
- fellow
- fly boy
- garçon
- garçonnière
- golden boy
- gossoon
- groom
- happy
- he
- houseboy
- knave
- knight
- kouros
- lad
- laddie
