schoolboy

[ skool-boi ]

noun

1. a boy attending school.

schoolboy

/ ˈskuːlˌbɔɪ /

noun

1. a child attending school Gender-neutral formpupilschoolchild

Other Words From

• schoolboyish adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of schoolboy¹

First recorded in 1580–90; school ¹ + boy

Example Sentences

Rather than wait until they are old enough to go full bore at scrum time, props in the schoolboy system are trained beyond their years.

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Now Sandra and the mother of a schoolboy from London who died after taking ecstasy have come together to call for more drug education in Northern Ireland's schools.

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A schoolboy who attacked two students and a teacher with a hammer at a boarding school in Devon has been named after a judge lifted an order preventing his identification.

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While many on Chinese social media mourned the killing of the Japanese schoolboy, a few cyber-nationalists struck a very different tone.

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Two Metropolitan Police officers who handcuffed a 14-year-old black schoolboy on the ground during a stop and search in south London committed misconduct, a watchdog has said.

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Related Words

• adolescent
• baby
• boy
• child
• girl
• infant
• junior
• juvenile
• teenager
• youngster
• youth