old boy

old boy Definition

old boy

noun

Chiefly Brit., Informal an alumnus, esp. of a boys' preparatory school
a man belonging to a social, professional, etc. group regarded as prestigious or influential, whose members provide one another with assistance or preferential treatment

old boy Usage Examples

Converse of object

call: A few years ago a three year old boy called Benny wandered off alone onto an electric railroad line.
meet: Whilst with the ILEA he met several Old Boys including H. R. Mainwood who is a chief librarian.

Adjective modifier

several: Whilst with the ILEA he met several Old Boys including H. R. Mainwood who is a chief librarian.
Many: Many old boys contact us a few years after leaving the school to say they wish they had joined earlier.
four-year: The four-year old boy who received the therapy was affected by ADA-SCID, a life-threatening immune deficiency condition.
eight-year: Three elderly women, a middle-aged couple and an eight-year old boy were walking in the cart's wake.
6-year: As a 4-year-old became a 5-year-old then a 6-year old boy it got progressively harder getting up the hills.

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