Men vs Boy - What's the difference?
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*:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men .
(lb) (The) people, humanity.
Male servant.
# (now, rare) A male servant, in general senses.
# (historical, now, offensive) A non-white male servant, as used especially by whites in a colonial settlement etc.
# (now, offensive) A non-white male.
(obsolete) A lower-class or disreputable man; a worthless person.
* 1608 , (William Shakespeare), (King Lear) , Act I Scene 4:
A young male human; a male child or young adult.
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* (Walter Scott)
A man of any age, used as a friendly diminutive, or of a man who is merely younger than the speaker.
* 1977 , (Bert Newton), to (Mohammed Ali) at the 1977 Logie Awards:[http://www.abc.net.au/thingo/txt/s1088100.htm]
(colloquial) A male friend or fellow of some group, community etc. (mainly used in the plural).
(US, slang) Heroin.
to use the word boy to refer to someone
to act as a boy (qualifier, in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage)
* Shakespeare
As nouns the difference between men and boy
is that men is irregular plural of man while boy is male servant.As an acronym MEN
is acronym of multiple endocrine neoplasia.As a proper noun Men
is a god once worshipped in the western interior parts of Anatolia, and associated with lunar symbolism.As an interjection boy is
exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.As a verb boy is
to use the word boy to refer to someone.men
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* (English Citations of "men")Derived terms
* man among menStatistics
* 200 English basic words ----boy
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Alternative forms
* boi (Jamaican English)Noun
(en noun)- When the 'dipenda' (independence movement) in Belgian Congo turned violent, the white colonisers' often materially privileged black domestic boys were mistrusted and often abused as collaborators.
- Dost thou call me fool, boy ?
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Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys , but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
- My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee.
- I like the boy .
Synonyms
* brat * knave * lad * squirt * youngster * youth * See alsoSee also
* (African-American) uncleAntonyms
* (young male) girlDerived terms
* altar boy * attaboy * bad boy * bagboy * ball boy, ballboy * bat boy * b-boy * bell boy, bellboy * best boy * big boys * blue-eyed boy * boi * boy band * boy-bishop * boy crazy * boyfriend * boy genius * boyhood * boy howdy * boyish * boyism * boykin (diminutive) * boy oh boy * boy racer * boys and their toys * boy scout * boytjie * boy toy * boys will be boys * boy wonder * bully boy * bum boy * cabin boy * city boy * college boy * copy boy * cowboy * delivery boy * doughboy * farm boy * frat boy * golden boy * homeboy * house boy * lawnboy * little boy * lowboy * mama’s boy]], [[mummy's boy, mummy’s boy * my boy * nancy boy * newsboy * office boy * oh boy * old boy * our boy * page boy, pageboy * paper boy, paperboy * pizza boy, pizzaboy * pool boy * poor boy, po’ boy * poster boy * potboy * pretty boy * rent boy * sailor boy * sea boy * shop boy * sonny boy * stableboy * tallboy * Teddy boy * tomboy * traffic boy * water boy * whipping boy * whiteboy, white boy * wide boy * wolf boy * yellow boy, yellow-boyDescendants
* Irish English: boyo * Vietnamese:Verb
(en verb)- I shall see some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness.