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Meaning of boy

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  boy
      n 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" [syn: {male child}, {boy}] [ant: {female
           child}, {girl}, {little girl}]
      2: a friendly informal reference to a grown man; "he likes to
         play golf with the boys"
      3: a male human offspring; "their son became a famous judge";
         "his boy is taller than he is" [syn: {son}, {boy}] [ant:
         {daughter}, {girl}]
      4: (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man;
         "get out of my way, boy"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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