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boy-friend

boy-friend is the alternative spelling of boyfriend.

Meaning of boyfriend

Noun

boyfriend (plural boyfriends)

  1. A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
    • I was playing the drums and my boyfriend was playing the electric guitar.
  2. A male friend.
  3. (attributive, often) A style of women's clothing that draws heavily from corresponding men's garments.

See all 5 meanings of boyfriend

Forms of boy-friend

pluralboy-friends

Questions about boy-friend

What is boy-friend the alternative spelling of?
Boy-friend is the alternative spelling of boyfriend.

Words near boy-friend in the dictionary

  1. boy-bishops
  2. boy-crazy
  3. boy-cunt
  4. boy-cunts
  5. boy-cut
  6. boy-friend
  7. boy-friends
  8. boy-girl
  9. boy-girls
  10. boy-kisser
  11. boy-kissers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boy-friend (page history and authors); boyfriend (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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