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glory boy

glory boy noun: a man who seeks fame.

Noun

glory boy (plural glory boys)

  1. (informal) A man who seeks fame.
    • “He's not a glory boy. He ain't looking to get his name in the papers, like some mall psycho,” said Bob.2011, Stephen Hunter, Dead Zero, page 168
    • He was a glory boy. Why else would he have spent three years studying the ritualized showing off that was theatre and then given it up when he realized he could be only a journeyman, never a master?2012, Patricia Sitkin, Remembering Delphi County, page 91

Forms of glory boy

pluralglory boys

Questions about glory boy

What does glory boy mean?
Glory boy means a man who seeks fame.
What part of speech is glory boy?
Glory boy is a noun.
What is the plural of glory boy?
The plural of glory boy is glory boys.

Words near glory boy in the dictionary

  1. Glorvina
  2. glory
  3. glory be
  4. glory box
  5. glory boxes
  6. glory boy
  7. glory boys
  8. glory bush
  9. glory days
  10. glory hole
  11. glory holed

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