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1. A youthful male person
   "the baby was a boy"; "she made the boy brush his teeth every night"; "most soldiers are only boys in uniform"
   - male child
    
2. A friendly informal reference to a grown man
   "he likes to play golf with the boys"
    
3. A male human offspring
   "his boy is taller than he is"
   - son
    
4. (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man
   "get out of my way, boy"

Sounds like: buoy

Derived forms: boys

See also: boyhood

Type of: adult male, Black man, male, male offspring, male person, man, man-child

Antonym: girl

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