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everyboy

/ˈɛvɹiːˌbɔɪ/

everyboy noun: an archetypical ordinary boy.

Noun

everyboy (plural everyboys)

  1. An archetypical ordinary boy.
    • Ralph Williams, honest, baffled middle-America, was fine as Johnny, the everyboy who feels that shooting people is wrong.1973, The New York Times Theater Reviews, 1920–

Forms of everyboy

pluraleveryboys

Origin of everyboy

From every + boy, modelled on earlier everyman.

Questions about everyboy

What does everyboy mean?
Everyboy means an archetypical ordinary boy.
What part of speech is everyboy?
Everyboy is a noun.
How do you pronounce everyboy?
Everyboy is pronounced /ˈɛvɹiːˌbɔɪ/.
What is the plural of everyboy?
The plural of everyboy is everyboys.

Words near everyboy in the dictionary

  1. everybody who is anybody
  2. everybody who is anyone
  3. everybody who's anybody
  4. everybody who's anyone
  5. everybody's
  6. everyboy
  7. everyboys
  8. everybuddy
  9. everycat
  10. everychone
  11. everycunt

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