Boy

Definition of Boy

n.

1.

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.

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.

He reverted again and again to the labor difficulty, and spoke of importing boys from Capetown.

- Frances Macnab.

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.

Yellow boys
guineas.

Boy's love
a popular English name of Southernwood (Artemisia abrotonum); - called also lad's love.

Boy's play
childish amusements; anything trifling.

v. t.

1.

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.

Related Words

American Indian, Amerind, Australian aborigine, Bushman, Caucasian, Indian, Malayan, Mister Charley, Mongolian, Negrillo, Negrito, Negro, Oriental, Red Indian, WASP, black, black man, blackfellow, bloke, brown man, bub, bubba, buck, bud, burrhead, chauffeur, coachman, colored person, colt, coon, cub, darky, driver, equerry, fledgling, gamin, gardener, gee, gent, gentleman, gillie, goody, gook, guy, he, hobbledehoy, honky, houseboy, houseman, jigaboo, jungle bunny, laddie, lord-in-waiting, man, manchild, manservant, master, muchacho, nigger, niggra, ofay, paleface, pup, puppy, pygmy, ragamuffin, red man, redskin, schoolboy, slant-eye, small fry, son, sonny, sonny boy, spade, street arab, stripling, tad, the Man, urchin, valet, valet de chambre, whelp, whippersnapper, white, white man, whitey, yellow man, young man, youth

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