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boys

 
Noun boy has 4 senses
  1. male child, boy - 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"
    --1 is a kind of male, male person
    Antonyms: female child, girl, little girl
    --1 has particulars:
     altar boy; ball boy; bat boy; cub, lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boy; boy scout; farm boy; Fauntleroy, Little Lord Fauntleroy; plowboy, ploughboy; schoolboy; shop boy
  2. boy - a friendly informal reference to a grown man; "he likes to play golf with the boys"
    --2 is a kind of
    man, adult male
    --2 has particulars: broth of a boy, broth of a man; one of the boys
  3. son, boy - a male human offspring; "their son became a famous judge"; "his boy is taller than he is"
    --3 is a kind of male offspring, man-child
    Antonyms: daughter, girl
    --3 has particulars:
     Junior, Jr, Jnr; mother's boy, mamma's boy, mama's boy; Esau
  4. boy - (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black man; "get out of my way, boy"
    --4 is a kind of
    Black man
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