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schoolboy

[ skool-boi ]

/ ˈskulˌbɔɪ /

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noun

a boy attending school.

Origin of schoolboy

First recorded in 1580–90; school¹ + boy

OTHER WORDS FROM schoolboy

school·boy·ish, adjective

Words nearby schoolboy

school without walls, school year, school-leaver, schoolbag, schoolbook, schoolboy, schoolchild, schoolcraft, schooler, schoolfellow, schoolgirl

Example sentences from the Web for schoolboy

He's starting to sound like a schoolboy with a copy of Penthouse.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days |David Freeman |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“Ice Cube and Schoolboy Q.” Osorio seems dumfounded by the decision.

It Was All a Dream: Drama, Bullshit, and the Rebirth of The Source Magazine |Alex Suskind |October 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Wiz Khalifa and Young Jeezy were on the cover; April's issue had Schoolboy Q and Ice Cube.

It Was All a Dream: Drama, Bullshit, and the Rebirth of The Source Magazine |Alex Suskind |October 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Robert Rauschenberg is photographed like a schoolboy prankster with his tongue poking out.

Dennis Hopper: The Missing Years |Liza Foreman |June 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

He has been an urban homeboy and an American abroad, a Texas schoolboy legend and a college star.

Shaq, Year One |Charles P. Pierce |May 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He laughed like a schoolboy in anticipation of a prank, and held his scented handkerchief to his nose.

El Dorado |Baroness Orczy
The spoilt child was making new arms, like the schoolboy who exercises his muscle to avenge himself after a beating.

The Unveiling of Lhasa |Edmund Candler
The laird gave himself up as lost, for he knew that even the tale of a schoolboy would effect his ruin.

Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 |Various
He was as happy with them as a schoolboy ever was in meeting old chums.

Camping with President Roosevelt |John Burroughs
It was easy to see that he was as happy as a schoolboy about to start for a holiday.

El Dorado |Baroness Orczy

British Dictionary definitions for schoolboy

schoolboy

feminine schoolgirl

/ (ˈskuːlˌbɔɪ) /

noun

a child attending school Gender-neutral form: pupil, schoolchild