From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
boy
n 1: a youthful male person; "the baby was a boy"; "she made the
boy brush his teeth every night"; "most soldiers are
only boys in uniform" [syn: male child] [ant: {female
child}]
2: a friendly informal reference to a grown man; "he likes to
play golf with the boys"
3: a male human offspring; "their son became a famous judge";
"his boy is taller than he is" [syn: son] [ant:
daughter]
4: (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black man; "get out of my
way, boy"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Boy \Boy\, v. t.
To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of
boys acting women's parts on the stage.
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I shall see
Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Boy \Boy\, n. [Cf. D. boef, Fries. boi, boy; akin to G. bube,
Icel. bofi rouge.]
1. A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad;
hence, a son.
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My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee. --Sir
W. Scott.
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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 associaton, fraternity,
or party.
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2. In various countries, a male servant, laborer, or slave of
a native or inferior race; also, any man of such a race;
-- considered derogatory by those so called, and now
seldom used. [derog.]
He reverted again and again to the labor difficulty,
and spoke of importing boys from Capetown. --Frances
Macnab.
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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.
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