boy

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A male child.

   The boy played football with his friends after school.

2. 2
   noun

   A young man.

   She is dating a boy named Jim.

3. 3
   noun

   A son of any age.

   She was proud of her boy when he graduated.

Common collocations

• little boy Adjective + noun
• naughty boy Adjective + noun
• young boy Adjective + noun
• have a boy Verb + noun
• teenage boy Adjective + noun
• boy king Adjective + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō- Proto-West Germanic *bōjō Old English *bōia Middle English boye English boy From Middle English boy /boye (“servant, commoner, knave, boy”), from Old English *bōia (“boy”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōjō, from Proto-Germanic *bōjô (“younger brother, young male relation”), from Proto-Germanic *bō- (“brother, close male relation”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-, *bʰāt- (“father, elder brother, brother”). Cognate with Scots boy (“boy”), West Frisian boai (“boy”), Dutch boi (“boy”), Low German Boi (“boy”), and probably to the Old Englis…

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