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Definition of Boy
Boy

A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son.

To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage.

In various countries, a male servant, laborer, or slave of a native or inferior race; also, any man of such a race.

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Boy Quotations

A boy's story is the best that is ever told.
Charles Dickens

A boy's best friend is his mother.
Joseph Stefano

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.
Clarence Darrow

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.
Robert Frost

Boy Translations

boy in Afrikaans is seun
boy in Dutch is knaap, jongen
boy in Finnish is poika
boy in French is serviteur
boy in German is Knabe, Junge
boy in Italian is giovinetto, ragazzo
boy in Latin is puer
boy in Norwegian is gutt
boy in Portuguese is menino, rapaz
boy in Spanish is criado, muchacho, chico
boy in Swedish is pojke, yngling


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