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choirboy Definition

choir·boy (kwīrbo̵i′)

noun

a boy who sings in a choir
choirboy Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • become: At this time Herbert became a choirboy and an assistant organist in the local Church.

Adjective modifier

  • former: It's a slot recently vacated by everyone's favorite former choirboy Aled Jones, who quit the station to move to the BBC.
  • old: A man like Roy Ayers defines the very word, tho not something always associated with a 65 year old former choirboy.
  • small: Two very small choirboys could scarcely see over the desk on which their music rested.
choirboy Quotes

[Music] a pederast might hum when raping a choirboy. Prynne

—Proust, Marcel