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One of my first jobs was at the Boston Globe. I worked in the sports department six months a year. When I was ready to graduate, the sports editor gave me a job as a schoolboy sports writer.
Will McDonough

Meaning of "schoolboy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCHOOLBOY

schoolboy  [ˈskuːlˌbɔɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCHOOLBOY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Schoolboy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SCHOOLBOY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

schoolboy

Student

A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English, although in the United States and in Australia a person enrolled in grades K–12 is often called a student. In its widest use, student is used for anyone who is learning, including mid-career adults who are taking vocational education or returning to university.

Definition of schoolboy in the English dictionary

The definition of schoolboy in the dictionary is a child attending school Gender-neutral form: pupil, schoolchild.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCHOOLBOY


attaboy
ˈætəˌbɔɪ
B-boy
ˈbiːˌbɔɪ
batboy
ˈbætˌbɔɪ
beachboy
ˈbiːtʃˌbɔɪ
bellboy
ˈbɛlˌbɔɪ
billyboy
ˈbɪlɪˌbɔɪ
callboy
ˈkɔːlˌbɔɪ
carboy
ˈkɑːˌbɔɪ
cowboy
ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ
fanboy
ˈfænˌbɔɪ
homeboy
ˈhəʊmˌbɔɪ
houseboy
ˈhaʊsˌbɔɪ
ladyboy
ˈleɪdɪˌbɔɪ
newsboy
ˈnjuːzˌbɔɪ
paperboy
ˈpeɪpəˌbɔɪ
playboy
ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ
smallboy
ˈsmɔːlˌbɔɪ
stableboy
ˈsteɪbəlˌbɔɪ
tallboy
ˈtɔːlˌbɔɪ
tomboy
ˈtɒmˌbɔɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCHOOLBOY

school welfare officer
school year
school-age child
school-age children
school-gate mum
school-leaver
school-leaving
school-leaving age
schoolbag
schoolbook
schoolboy crush
schoolboyish
schoolchild
schoolchildren
schoolcraft
schoolday
schooldays
schoole
schoolery
schoolfellow

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCHOOLBOY

altar boy
baby boy
birthday boy
black boy
boy
cabin boy
drummer boy
errand boy
fair-haired boy
golden boy
messenger boy
old boy
pretty boy
public schoolboy
rent boy
shepherd boy
teddy boy
the boy
whipping boy
white-haired boy

Synonyms and antonyms of schoolboy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «schoolboy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCHOOLBOY

Find out the translation of schoolboy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of schoolboy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «schoolboy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

校童
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

colegial
570 millions of speakers

English

schoolboy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्कूल के विद्यार्थी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تَلْمِيذ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ученик
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aluno
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্কুলের ছাত্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

écolier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pelajar sekolah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schüler
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

男子生徒
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

남학생
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Anak sekolah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

học sinh nam
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பள்ளி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शाळेत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

okul çocuğu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scolaro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uczeń
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

учень
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

elev
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαθητής σχολείου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skoolseun
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skolpojke
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skolegutt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of schoolboy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCHOOLBOY»

The term «schoolboy» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.349 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCHOOLBOY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «schoolboy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «schoolboy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about schoolboy

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10 QUOTES WITH «SCHOOLBOY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word schoolboy.
1
Imtiaz Ali
I used to love Kapil Dev and, like any schoolboy, wanted to become a cricketer till I started dreaming of making movies.
2
John Tyler Bonner
Evolution, cell biology, biochemistry, and developmental biology have made extraordinary progress in the last hundred years - much of it since I was weaned on schoolboy biology in the 1930s. Most striking of all is the sudden eruption of molecular biology starting in the 1950s.
3
Stephen Daldry
I spent a little time in Germany as a schoolboy learning German, and it's a country I knew very well, spent a lot of time in. I knew the history very well. I've always wanted to do a piece of work about the post-war period, of one sort or another.
4
Geoffrey Fisher
My feelings are those of a schoolboy getting in sight of the holidays. Or more seriously, my feelings are perhaps those of a matador who has decided not to enter the bull ring.
5
Ernie Harwell
Baseball is the president tossing out the first ball of the season. And a scrubby schoolboy playing catch with his dad on a Mississippi farm.
6
King Hussein
At seventeen, I knew the end of a dream... I would never be a schoolboy again.
7
Vinnie Jones
I signed schoolboy forms for Watford when I was 12, but then my parents got divorced, and I never kicked a ball for three years. I rebelled, I left home, but getting back into football sorted me out. It was the second chance I needed.
8
Damian Lewis
I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.
9
Will McDonough
One of my first jobs was at the Boston Globe. I worked in the sports department six months a year. When I was ready to graduate, the sports editor gave me a job as a schoolboy sports writer.
10
Ernest Renan
The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCHOOLBOY»

Discover the use of schoolboy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to schoolboy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Honourable Schoolboy: A George Smiley Novel
Featuring George Smiley, The Honourable Schoolboy is the second installment in the renowned Karla Trilogy, the follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, which was the inspiration for the Oscar-nominated film ...
John le Carre, 2011
2
The Schoolboy
When fourteen-year-old Sam Parma plays in a junior gold tournament, he makes lasting memories and learns a number of lessons about honesty, sportsmanship, and courtesy-lessons that will guide him throughout his life.
Tony Rosa, 2011
3
Teachers and Football: Schoolboy Association Football in ...
This is a fascinating account of the origins of schoolboy football and the factors that have influenced its development and the consequences and benefits that have followed not only for school football but for sport in schools and ...
Colm Kerrigan, 2005
4
A Schoolboy's Diary and Other Stories
Presents a collection of short stories dealing with the complexities and contradictions of everyday life in Germany prior to World War II.
Robert Walser, 2013
5
English Schoolboy Stories: An Annotated Bibliography of ...
A comprehensive bibliography of a genre worked by a surprising number of classic English authors including Mary Shelley, Rudyard Kipling, Evelyn Waugh, and Stephen Spender over two centuries.
Benjamin Watson, 1992
6
The schoolboy baronet
Schoolboy. Baronet. Chapter. I. FIRST-CLASS TRAVELLERS. SAY, porter, you look sharp, now; label all our traps, and see that my dog is put into a proper sort of a box, will you?' 'Yes, sir, certainly, sir. The dog won't bite, will he?' ' Not he, you  ...
Louisa Lelias Greene (hon.), 1870
7
Letters from an Alien Schoolboy
Flowkwee is on a mission - he has to disguise himself as a schoolboy and spy on young earthlings, in order to help his father with his research. Here are his letters to his best friend, in which he tells him all about his adventures.
Ros Asquith, 2010
8
Letters of a Japanese Schoolboy: ("Hashimura Togo")
"In them battle Japanese was full of banzai, Russians was full of vodka. To- morrow when you are calm some brite Japanese Schoolboy will told you who won them famous target-practice." I put him in my bedstead & tock under covers for wet ...
Wallace Irwin, 1909
9
The Heart of a Schoolboy
Public Schoolboy still at school and enveloped in the system, which condition I fulfil. I have no claim higher than any other to write, except that I am a prefect, and that I have thought a great deal about the question since The Loom of Youth ...
Jack Hood, 1919
10
Schoolboy Days in France
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Paschal Grousset, E. P. Robins, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCHOOLBOY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term schoolboy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Drake pays tribute to British schoolboy Jamal Ottun after …
Drake has posted a touching tribute to a British schoolboy, who drowned on a school trip to Canada. Jamal Ottun, 17, from Sutton, was a huge fan of the rapper's ... «Metro, Jul 15»
2
Schoolboy Ronan Hughes's life taken by faceless online bullies
A priest has blamed faceless bullies for the death of a schoolboy who took his own life after being duped into posting photographs on the internet. «Belfast Telegraph, Jun 15»
3
Preston's Jermaine Beckford presents schoolboy with replacement …
The schoolboy who appeared to have Preston striker Jermaine Beckford's shirt ... The schoolboy is yet to declare his football allegiance – although free agent ... «The Guardian, May 15»
4
Schoolboy dies from meningitis - family given antibiotics
The unnamed boy, from Brighton, passed away this week after battling the killer brain infection. Health officials are now trying to reassure parents following his ... «mirror.co.uk, Apr 15»
5
Kelly Richards, 36, punished for sex with schoolboy
A married mother who confessed to having sex with a schoolboy has been handed a two-year suspended jail term. Kelly Richards, 36, admitted having sex with ... «BBC News, Mar 15»
6
Schoolboy beaten to death by teacher, Egyptian ministry reports
A Cairo schoolboy died on Sunday after being severely beaten by his teacher who has now been suspended, Egypt's education ministry said as an inquiry was ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
7
Alan Cartwright: Three arrested over murder of schoolboy stabbed …
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a schoolboy who was stabbed to death while riding his bike with friends. Alan Cartwright, 15, died ... «Evening Standard, Mar 15»
8
Fatal Shooting Occurs Outside Schoolboy Q's Pre-Grammy Party
A man was fatally shot just outside of Schoolboy Q's pre-grammy party in L.A. ... also some commotion outside of Schoolboy Q's pre-Grammy event last night. «HotNewHipHop, Feb 15»
9
Helpful schoolboy handed print by man claiming to be 'Banksy' but …
In 2008 he was reportedly 'unmasked' as Robin Gunningham, a former public schoolboy from Bristol with a passion for art. At the time Banksy's agent refused to ... «Daily Mail, Jan 15»
10
Champion schoolboy runner Jack Hale posts 10.13-second 100 …
Tasmanian schoolboy Jack Hale, 16, has taken gold in the All Schools Track and Field Championships in Adelaide with a time of 10.13 seconds for the under-18 ... «ABC Online, Dec 14»

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