schoolboy
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- noun
- /ˈskuːlˌbɔɪ/
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alumno
- The schoolboy eagerly raised his hand to answer the teacher's question.
- schoolboy knows
He was a a former schoolboy boxing champion for Liverpool.
- He was a a former schoolboy boxing champion for Liverpool.
- Ordering spaghetti on a first date, schoolboy era, which was horrendous, right?
- So you see how it was a weird transition from being a schoolboy and then becoming a police cadet.
- Despite my schoolboy jitters, A loose spread of dealers preserved corners.
- You better believe there's pressure to behave more like Aceo as opposed to a giggling schoolboy who's posting memes throughout the night.
Examples
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And when I was a schoolboy, you have these monstrous characters and completely extraordinary people.
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Come on, this is a science museum; you should know this; any schoolboy should know this.
Fiction book (1998) -
I was back at school, a schoolboy being told by the teacher.
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Then she instructed her husband as though he were a schoolboy: "Come right back."
Fiction book (1996) -
Likewise, my schoolboy memories are not of a red, white, and blue history.
Academic text (1998) -
'He went down the steps at a run, 'more like a schoolboy than a respectable doctor!
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Briefly, he remembers the shame of a schoolboy whose mother left him behind.
Fiction book (1996) -
Freddie put a hand to his mouth and made a face like a guilty schoolboy.
Fiction book (1995) -
He was as giddy as a schoolboy.
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Two more experienced Indian schoolboys explained the mysteries of school, thus easing his passage into a new experience.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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A child who goes to school and learns from a teacher
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A child who goes to primary or secondary school
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A student who attends classes as a child or teen
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A child old enough to go to school, usually between five and fifteen years old
A child who goes to primary or secondary school
Antonyms
How Young
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Schoolboy combines school and boy, meaning 'a boy who goes to school'. So, imagine a young boy with books and a bag going to class, because a schoolboy is a boy who attends school.