choirboy
noun
choir·boy
ˈkwī(-ə)r-ˌbȯi 
1
: a boy member of a choir
2
: an innocent or virtuous man : altar boy sense 2
They're not thugs, but they're not choirboys either …—
Phil Taylor
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The facility was also home to a grammar school for orphans, choirboys and boys who lived on the hospital’s land.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
The choir itself was all male, but with a diverse age range: choirboys, men in their late twenties, others well into middle age.
—Oskar Oprey, Artforum, 28 Jan. 2025
See tuxedos where the culottes are actually basketball shorts; choirboy collars as stiff and soaring as those of a high court judge; hammered bronze and silver sequins matched with sweats or T-shirts; and the most dramatic taffeta opera cloaks over ratty old tighty whities.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
The attorney general’s office wrote in its report that Cimino was fired in 1987 from his role as choir director of St. Thomas More in Baltimore after he was accused of molesting a choirboy a decade earlier.
—Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2023
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
The choir itself was all male, but with a diverse age range: choirboys, men in their late twenties, others well into middle age.
—Oskar Oprey, Artforum, 28 Jan. 2025
See tuxedos where the culottes are actually basketball shorts; choirboy collars as stiff and soaring as those of a high court judge; hammered bronze and silver sequins matched with sweats or T-shirts; and the most dramatic taffeta opera cloaks over ratty old tighty whities.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
The attorney general’s office wrote in its report that Cimino was fired in 1987 from his role as choir director of St. Thomas More in Baltimore after he was accused of molesting a choirboy a decade earlier.
—Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2023
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“Choirboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/choirboy. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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choirboy
noun
choir·boy
ˈkwī(-ə)r-ˌbȯi
: a boy member of a church choir
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