choirboy
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3.6
- noun
- /ˈkwaɪərˌbɔɪ/
:
niño del coro
- There was a choirboy called Matthew Trewella.
- a little choirboy
- a young choirboy
- choirboys sing
The fact that they'd written about him as a Welsh choirboy, started talking about all these good things he'd done at school.
- The fact that they'd written about him as a Welsh choirboy, started talking about all these good things he'd done at school.
Examples
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By the age of 12, the former choirboy had his first manager and was mapping his route to world domination.
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Him and Charlie, they used to be choirboys together.
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I was almost a choirboy when I met Georgie.
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Years before Silicon Valley, Michael Tiemann was a choirboy who studied piano.
Blog text (16) -
He's a regular choirboy.
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Emma pauses, as in the background, choirboys sing during hymn practice.
Fiction book (1998) -
Every Sunday, the choirboy sings in the church service, performing beautiful hymns.
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As a choirboy, he practiced daily to improve his singing voice for the upcoming concert.
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The choirboy wore a white robe during the ceremony, blending in with the other singers.
Synonyms
2
7.5
A person, often a child, who sings in a church choir
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Choirboy is simply choir + boy. Choir comes from the Greek choros, which also gives the English word chorus and means 'a group that sings', so a choirboy is a boy who sings in that group.