boy
/bɔɪ/
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Translation
A male child, or a young male person.
Word origin
From Middle English boi, which once meant a servant or a young male helper.
- Origin
- Middle English
- Root
- boi
Grammar
Gender
Pluralboys
Examples
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"Boy" means a young male person.
four .
Here "boy" means a male child.
across .
"Boys" is the plural, meaning more than one boy.
A boy is a male child or a young male person. As he grows up, a boy becomes a man. The word for a young female person is girl.
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