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BOY, n. [L. puer for puger, for we see by puella, that r is not radical. So the Gr. probably is contracted, for the derivative verb, forms.]

A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; but in general, applied to males under ten or twelve years of age; a lad. Sometimes it is used in contempt for a young man, indicating immaturity, want of vigor or judgment.

BOY, v.t. To treat as a boy.

Rather, to act as a boy; to imitate a boy in action. The passage in Shakespeare,in which this word is found,is supposed to allude to the practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage.

I shall see some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness.
1913 Definition
Boy (boy)
n.((?))
Boy
[Cf. D. boef, Fries. boi, boy; akin to G. bube, Icel. bofi rouge.]
  1. 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.

    * 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

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