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boy
  1. A young male, [from 15th c.] particularly
    1. A male child or teenager, as distinguished from infants or adults.
  2. (diminutive) A male child: a son of any age.
  3. (affectionate) A male of any age, particularly one rather younger than the speaker. [from 17th c.]
  4. (obsolete) A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave. [14th-17th c.]
  5. (offensive) A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, [from 14th c.] particularly:
    1. A younger such worker.
    2. (offensive) A non-white male servant regardless of age, [from 17th c.] particularly as a form of address.
    3. (obsolete) A male camp follower.
  6. (offensive) Any non-white male, regardless of age. [from 19th c.]
  7. (in affectionate address) A male animal, especially a male dog. [from 15th c.]
  8. (historical, military) A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.
  9. (US, slang) Heroin. [from 20th c.]
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  11. Examples:
    1. “Ruger is a solidly built, lovable larrikin of a boy, who has already proven himself to be able to do anything he has a go at.”
      “My best friend is currently out with her boy.”
boyism
  1. (obsolete) boyhood
  2. (obsolete) The nature of a boy; childishness.
boyness
  1. (nonstandard) The state or condition of being a boy; masculinity, boyhood.
boyhood
  1. The state or period of being a boy.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “It was an opportunity to fulfil a boyhood fantasy to mix it with swashbucklers.”
      “His is not a story of hothousing a talent through academies from early boyhood.”
      “He worked on a new touchdown dance, something that will distinguish him from his boyhood idol Deion Sanders.”
boylessness
  1. The state or condition of being boyless.
boyishness
  1. The characteristic of being boyish.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “For all his verbal roughhousing, the 41-year-old exudes a peculiar vulnerability and a boyishness in his taunts.”
      “His face was fined down and lost most of its boyishness but his skin was still a dusky gold.”
      “Though he's preternaturally young, his unmediated aggressiveness has tempered any bit of boyishness.”
boyswear
  1. Clothing designed to be worn by boys.
boykind
  1. All boys, considered as a group.
boys
  1. plural of boy
  2. (plural only, slang) The testicles.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “But they are all away, one to every airt, and the house is very lonely without any boys in it.”
      “The band of boys to which Michael was attached was marched at once to Adrianople.”
      “The boys, they're over there!”
boyishnesses
boyz
  1. Informal spelling of boys.
boyhoods
boyisms
  1. plural of boyism
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