highschoolboy
UK/ˈhaɪ.skuːlbɔɪ/
highschoolboy noun: a male student of a high school.
Noun
highschoolboy (plural highschoolboys)
- A male student of a high school.
- The influence of father’s occupation on the vocational choices of highschoolboys.1949: Willem Bordewijk, Een onderzoek naar de factoren, die beroepswens en beroepsvoorstelling van de proletarische jeugd beinvloeden, page 32 (J. B. Wolter)
- A studious highschoolboy he looked
— as in fact I later found he was —
bespectacled, with soft-curved face
and withdrawn protected air:
and I marvelled, envied him
so untouched he seemed to be
in that hammering brutal atmosphere.1968, Dennis Brutus, Letters to Martha: And Other Poems from a South African Prison, reprint edition, Heinemann Educational, →ISBN, page 22, →ISBN
Forms of highschoolboy
| plural | highschoolboys |
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Origin of highschoolboy
From highschool + boy, on the pattern of schoolboy.
Questions about highschoolboy
- What does highschoolboy mean?
- Highschoolboy means a male student of a high school.
- What part of speech is highschoolboy?
- Highschoolboy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce highschoolboy?
- Highschoolboy is pronounced /ˈhaɪ.skuːlbɔɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of highschoolboy?
- The plural of highschoolboy is highschoolboys.
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