Webster's English Dictionary

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boy

boy \'bo.i\ \-.hu.d\ \-ish\ n [ME; akin to Fris boi boy] often attrib  1a: 
   a male child from birth to puberty  1b: SON  1c: a male person not felt to 
   be mature : YOUTH  1d: SWEETHEART, BEAU  2a: one native to a given place 
   {local ~}  2b: FELLOW, PERSON  3a: a male servant  3b: a man of a race felt 
   to be inferior  - boy.hood n