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schoolboy

American  
[skool-boi] / ˈskulˌbɔɪ /

noun

  1. a boy attending school.

schoolboy British  
/ ˈskuːlˌbɔɪ /

noun

  1. Gender-neutral form: pupil.   schoolchild.  a child attending school

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Other Word Forms

  • schoolboyish adjective

Etymology

Origin of schoolboy

First recorded in 1580–90; school 1 + boy

Example Sentences

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I like the idea that he was still a schoolboy wearing his shorts and his sandals, although I think that's ripping the proverbial out of it.

From BBC

Like giddy schoolboys, they couldn't wait to get there, says Ferguson.

From BBC

As a schoolboy, Norris wrote, he was shy.

From The Wall Street Journal

The name Gunningham first emerged in what declared to be a world exclusive by The Mail in 2008, describing him as "a former public schoolboy brought up in middle-class suburbia".

From BBC

In a statement to the inquest, Dr Marjorie Turner said she conducted the postmortem, and she found that the schoolboy's death was consistent with drowning.

From BBC

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