Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Boy"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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

He reverted again and again to the labor difficulty,
and spoke of importing boys from Capetown. --Frances
Macnab.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Boy \Boy\, v. t.
To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of
boys acting women's parts on the stage.

I shall see Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness.
--Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Boy \Boy\, n. [Cf. D. boef, Fries. boi, boy; akin to G. bube,
Icel. bofi rouge.]
A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence,
a son.

My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee. --Sir W.
Scott.

Note: Boy is often used as a term of comradeship, as in
college, or in the army or navy. In the plural used
colloquially of members of an associaton, fraternity,
or party.

{Boy bishop}, a boy (usually a chorister) elected bishop, in
old Christian sports, and invested with robes and other
insignia. He practiced a kind of mimicry of the ceremonies
in which the bishop usually officiated.

{The Old Boy}, the Devil. [Slang]

{Yellow boys}, guineas. [Slang, Eng.]

{Boy's love}, a popular English name of Southernwood
({Artemisia abrotonum}); -- called also {lad's love}.

{Boy's play}, childish amusements; anything trifling.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}] [ant: {female
child}, {female child}]
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}] [ant: {daughter},
{daughter}]
4: offensive term for Black man; "get out of my way boy"

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