[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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