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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. a youthful male person;
- Example: "the baby was a boy"
- Example: "she made the boy brush his teeth every night"
- Example: "most soldiers are only boys in uniform"
[syn: male child, boy]

2. a friendly informal reference to a grown man;
- Example: "he likes to play golf with the boys"

3. a male human offspring;
- Example: "their son became a famous judge"
- Example: "his boy is taller than he is"
[syn: son, boy]

4. (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man;
- Example: "get out of my way, boy"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Boy \Boy\, v. t.
   To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of
   boys acting women's parts on the stage.
   [1913 Webster]

         I shall see
         Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster] Boyar


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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

boy
    n 1: a youthful male person; "the baby was a boy"; "she made the
         boy brush his teeth every night"; "most soldiers are only
         boys in uniform" [syn: male child, boy] [ant: female
         child, girl, little girl]
    2: a friendly informal reference to a grown man; "he likes to
       play golf with the boys"
    3: a male human offspring; "their son became a famous judge";
       "his boy is taller than he is" [syn: son, boy] [ant:
       daughter, girl]
    4: (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man;
       "get out of my way, boy"