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Painting of a boy.
Painting of a boy.

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Probably Middle English, with cognates in Frisian boi and Dutch. There is also speculation that the word would originally stem from baby talk. [1].

[ Pronunciation

[ Noun

Singular
boy

Plural
boys

boy (plural boys)

  1. A young male, usually a child or adolescent.
    The boys were playing kickball in the mud.
    Steve is a boy of 16.
  2. A male servant, regardless of age, especially in a colonial context and in numerous compounds. (Compare French garçon; also adopted as such in various others languages, such as Dutch)
    When the dipenda (independence movement) in Belgian Congo turned violent, the white colonisators' often materially privileged black domestic boys were mistrusted and often abused as collaborators
  3. A man of any age, used as a friendly diminutive, or of a man who is merely younger than the speaker.
    Whatever else you say about him, the boy can play.
    1977: I like the boy. — Australian entertainer Bert Newton, to Mohammed Ali at the 1977 Logie Awards, famously unaware of how insulting this is under the US usage above [2]
  4. An adult male, particularly when used by straight women or gay men to refer to someone considered attractive.
  5. (informal) Male (usually adult) friends.
    I’m going out for a few drinks with the boys.
    Me and my boy grew up together in Southside.
  6. (endearing) A proud parent's son, regardless of age.
    That's my boy.
  7. (endearing) A caring owner's pet or working animal, regardless of age.
    Here, boys, heel; yes, Bobby, show the puppies how, good boy!
  8. (US, offensive, pejorative, archaic) A male African-American of any age.

[ Translations

a young male
a male African-American
male servant
male friends
male of any age
adult male
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  • Basque: mutil
  • Breton: paotr m., paotred plGFDL.
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