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| Aladdin |
in The Arabian Nights, a boy who finds a magic lamp and ring, each of which enables him to bring forth a powerful genie who can grant his every wish. |
| ball boy |
a boy or young man who retrieves stray balls during a tennis or baseball game, or who has charge of balls used in practice, as in football and basketball. |
| bandsman |
a boy or man who plays in a musical band. |
| bar mitzvah |
a Jewish boy participating in this ceremony. [1/2 definitions] |
| batboy |
a boy who retrieves baseball bats discarded by hitters and acts as a team's general assistant. |
| bellboy |
a man or boy employed by a hotel to carry luggage, food, or drink to the guest rooms, run errands, and page guests. |
| bellhop |
a man or boy who does errands at a hotel; bellboy. |
| big brother |
(sometimes cap.) a man who befriends and guides a disadvantaged boy, often under the auspices of a social agency. [1/3 definitions] |
| boyfriend |
one's friend who is a boy. [1/2 definitions] |
| boyhood |
the state or period of life when one is a boy. |
| boyish |
characteristic of a boy. |
| busboy |
a man or boy who works in a restaurant setting tables, clearing dishes, or the like. |
| cabin boy |
a boy or man hired to wait on the officers and passengers aboard a ship. |
| chap2 |
(informal) a man or boy; fellow. |
| choirboy |
a boy who sings in a choir, esp. a church choir. |
| common noun |
a noun, such as "boy," "poodle," or "town," that refers to a class, or to an unspecified member of a class, of persons, places, things, or the like, and that is often preceded by an article. (Cf. proper noun.) |
| Cub Scout |
a member of the junior division of the Boy Scouts of America, for boys between eight and eleven. |
| Cupid |
(l.c.) a representation of Cupid as a naked, winged boy with a bow and arrow. [1/2 definitions] |
| dude |
(slang) any man or boy. [1/3 definitions] |
| Eagle Scout |
the highest rank in the Boy Scouts. [2 definitions] |
| effeminate |
of a man or boy, having qualities of appearance, manner, or behavior conventionally associated with feminine rather than masculine gender; unmanly. |
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