schoolboy

1 of 2

noun

school·​boy ˈskül-ˌbȯi How to pronounce schoolboy (audio)
: a boy attending school

schoolboy

2 of 2

adjective

1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of a schoolboy
schoolboy pranks
2
: of, relating to, or being a sport for high school or prep school boys
also : being one who participates in such sports

Examples of schoolboy in a Sentence

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Noun
Tempest, grateful for his schoolboy French, paused to talk to her. Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 13 July 2025 The four-part series followed a 13-year-old schoolboy named Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) who was arrested after a girl in his school was murdered. Dory Jackson, People.com, 20 June 2025 Although still a schoolboy preparing for his GCSEs, Monga was registered as an academy player and, as such, a club couldn’t approach him or his family officially. Rob Tanner, New York Times, 12 June 2025 Roberts, who often looked to me like an English schoolboy—rumpled shirt, rep tie—had worked with Tina to transform the British magazine Tatler from a staid society rag into a place of mischief. Hilton Als, New Yorker, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for schoolboy

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1588, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of schoolboy was in 1588

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“Schoolboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolboy. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

Kids Definition

schoolboy

noun
school·​boy
-ˌbȯi
: a boy attending school

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