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choirboy

choirboy noun: a boy chorister.

Noun

choirboy (plural choirboys)

  1. A boy chorister.
  2. (figuratively) A piously innocent person.
    • Kordic is no choirboy. The tribunal has accused him of crimes against humanity for helping to orchestrate a massive campaign of persecution against Muslims in the Lasva valley in central Bosnia.2004, Pierre Hazan, Justice in a Time of War, page 108

choirboy meaning in Urdu

choirboy in Urdu

بھجن بچہ

Forms of choirboy

pluralchoirboys
alternative formchoir boy

Origin of choirboy

From choir + boy.

Words formed from choirboy

Questions about choirboy

What does choirboy mean?
Choirboy means a boy chorister.
What is choirboy in Urdu?
Choirboy in Urdu is بھجن بچہ. See Choirboy meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is choirboy?
Choirboy is a noun.
What is the plural of choirboy?
The plural of choirboy is choirboys.

Words near choirboy in the dictionary

  1. choir screens
  2. choir stall
  3. choir stalls
  4. choirbook
  5. choirbooks
  6. choirboy
  7. choirboyish
  8. choirboys
  9. choirchild
  10. choirchildren
  11. choired

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Adapted from Wiktionary: choirboy (page history and authors); choirboy (Urdu Wiktionary) (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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