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Common
noun
•
A
young
male
.
•
A
male
child
or
teenager
, as
distinguished
from
infants
or
adults
.
•
A
male
child
: a
son
of any
age
.
•
A
male
of any
age
,
particularly
one rather
younger
than the
speaker
.
•
A
male
of
low
station
, (especially as
pejorative
) a
worthless
male
, a
wretch
; a
mean
and
dishonest
male
, a
knave
.
•
A
male
servant
,
slave
,
assistant
, or
employee
A
younger
such
worker
.
A
non-white
male
servant
regardless
of age
,
particularly
as a
form of address
.
A
male
camp follower
.
🤬
Any
non-white
male
,
regardless
of age
.
•
A
male animal
,
especially
, in
affectionate
address
, a
male
dog
.
•
In Military:
A
former
low
rank
of various
armed
services; a
holder
of this
rank
.
•
In American English:
Heroin
.
•
A
male
(tree,
gene
, etc).
verb
•
To use the
word
“boy” to
refer
to someone.
•
To
act
as a
boy
(in
allusion
to the
former
practice
of
boy
s
acting
women's
parts
on the
stage
).
intj
•
Exclamation
of
surprise
,
pleasure
or
longing
.
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boy
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