boy

1. n. A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son. Source: opted

2. v. t. To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage. Source: opted

3. n. a youthful male person Source: wordnet

4. n. a friendly informal reference to a grown man Source: wordnet

5. n. a male human offspring Source: wordnet

6. n. (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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. Source: adambom

9. n:100 n. a friendly informal reference to a grown man n. (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man Source: ecdict

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