Thesaurus: boy

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1. n. A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son.
2. v. t. To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage.
3. n. a youthful male person
4. n. a friendly informal reference to a grown man
5. n. a male human offspring
6. n. (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man
7. A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son. My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee. Sir W. Scott. Note: Boy is often used as a term of comradeship, as in college, or in the army or navy. In the plural used colloquially of members of an assosiaton, fraternity, or party. Boy bishop, a boy (usually a chorister) elected bishop, in old Christian sports, and invested with robes and other insignia. He practiced a kind of mimicry of the ceremonies in which the bishop usually officiated. The Old Boy, the Devil. [Slang] -- Yellow boys, guineas. [Slang, Eng.] -- Boy's love, a popular English name of Southernwood (Artemisia abrotonum);) -- called also lad's love. -- Boy's play, childish amusements; anything trifling. To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage. I shall see Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness. Shak.
8. A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, ason.My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee. Sir W. Scott.
9. n:100 n. a friendly informal reference to a grown man n. (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man