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guy1

guy1

 
pronunciation:
gaI
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: (informal) a boy or man; fellow.
definition 2: (plural) people, including males and females.
Why don't you guys come with us?
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In London, in 1605, Guy Fawkes was arrested for planning to blow up the Houses of Parliament. His failure is still celebrated every year on the fifth of November, which is known in England as "Guy Fawkes Day." On this day, "guys" made by stuffing an old suit with straw are wheeled around town and then tossed into bonfires. The word guy came to be used for a poorly dressed person in the 1800s. Soon after that, it became used in a more general way for a man or fellow.