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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
1913 webster
my only boy fell by the side of great dundee. --sir
w. scott.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
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.
webster 1913 suppl.
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.
1913 webster
see also:
boy bishop the old boy yellow boys boy's love artemisia abrotonum lad's love
boy's play
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Boys Love, definition of term: Boys Love
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Love, definition of term: Love
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Love Seat, definition of term: Love Seat
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Love God, definition of term: Love God
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In Love, definition of term: In Love
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Free Love, definition of term: Free Love
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