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
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Jintamas Saksornchai, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
In the worst school fire of recent times, 67 schoolboys were killed in 2001 at Kyanguli Secondary School outside Nairobi, an incident the authorities attributed to arson.
—CNN Money, 29 May 2026
Those helping out include divers from several nations who took part in the complicated 2018 rescue in northern Thailand of 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach who were trapped for more than two weeks in a cave before being safely extricated.
—ABC News, 27 May 2026
Metta Tham Kalasin Rescue via Reuters Paasi is among the divers involved in this rescue who also took part in the complicated 2018 rescue in northern Thailand of 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach.
—Matt Gutman, CBS News, 27 May 2026
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Noun
Several of them had taken part in the complicated 2018 cave rescue in northern Thailand of 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach.
—Jintamas Saksornchai, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
In the worst school fire of recent times, 67 schoolboys were killed in 2001 at Kyanguli Secondary School outside Nairobi, an incident the authorities attributed to arson.
—CNN Money, 29 May 2026
Those helping out include divers from several nations who took part in the complicated 2018 rescue in northern Thailand of 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach who were trapped for more than two weeks in a cave before being safely extricated.
—ABC News, 27 May 2026
Metta Tham Kalasin Rescue via Reuters Paasi is among the divers involved in this rescue who also took part in the complicated 2018 rescue in northern Thailand of 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach.
—Matt Gutman, CBS News, 27 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for schoolboy
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“Schoolboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolboy. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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