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Meaning of "smallboy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SMALLBOY

smallboy  [ˈsmɔːlˌbɔɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SMALLBOY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Smallboy 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 SMALLBOY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of smallboy in the English dictionary

The definition of smallboy in the dictionary is the steward's assistant or deputy steward in European households in W Africa.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SMALLBOY


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
schoolboy
ˈskuːlˌbɔɪ
stableboy
ˈsteɪbəlˌbɔɪ
tallboy
ˈtɔːlˌbɔɪ
tomboy
ˈtɒmˌbɔɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SMALLBOY

small-minded
small-mindedly
small-mindedness
small-scale
small-size
small-sized
small-time
small-timer
small-town
smallage
smallclothes
smallest room
smallholder
smallholding
smallish
smallmouth bass
smallness
smallpox
smalls
smallsat

WORDS THAT END LIKE SMALLBOY

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 smallboy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «smallboy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SMALLBOY

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

Translator English - Chinese

smallboy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Smallboy
570 millions of speakers

English

smallboy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

smallboy
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

smallboy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

smallboy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

smallboy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছোট ছেলে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Smallboy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Smallboy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Smallboy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

smallboy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

smallboy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Smallboy
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

smallboy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

smallboy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लहान बाई
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ufaklık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

smallboy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

smallboy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

smallboy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

smallboy
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

smallboy
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

smallboy
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

smallboy
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

smallboy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of smallboy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SMALLBOY»

The term «smallboy» is normally little used and occupies the 141.987 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SMALLBOY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «smallboy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «smallboy» 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 smallboy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SMALLBOY»

Discover the use of smallboy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to smallboy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Chief Smallboy: in pursuit of freedom
He was a voice in the wilderness - a voice that insists, even now, on being heard."Chief Smallboy was from the Ermineskin Reserve near Hobbema, Alberta.
Gary Norman Arthur Botting, 2006
2
Ellen Smallboy: Glimpses of a Cree Woman's Life
Story of a Cree woman born in the mid-nineteenth century in Quebec describing the massive changes that occurred during those years from a woman's point of view.
Regina Flannery, 1995
3
Howard's Book of Drawing-room Theatricals ...
Enter SMALLBOY, pushing pott her, and carrying a large parcel. Miss P. Really, Mr. Smallboy, you can't come in ; we are so very busy. SMALL. I know, I know ; but it's business of the utmost importance. (crossing to MRS. SMALLBOY) Letitia, a ...
Clarence J. Howard, 1870
4
Drawing-room Plays and Parlour Pantomimes
Ber. [advancing to Smallboy] O, do go, that's a dear man ! [Mrs. Smallboy has crossed to Verditer. Small. [to Bertha] No ! Am I really, though ! Do you think I'm that ? Ber. What? Small. You know — a dear man. I say, look here — what's under ...
‎1870
5
Twenty-six short and amusing plays for private theatricals: ...
up his nose, and was quite — really, you know, dears — quite vulgar, I said we should expect Mrs. Smallboy ; but he ground his teeth and said the organ- grinders might — But there, I couldn't bring myself to repeat such observations, for he ...
Clarence J. Howard, Francis Hudson, 1870
6
Antiquarian Book Monthly Review
even took a flashlight photo from the stairs, but he merely nodded benignly like an artist receiving his due. Then I heard the door open and the effect on Mr Smallboy was instant. He snapped to attention as if it had been 1917 and the sergeant ...
‎1983
7
Melbourne
These unmarked graves included many of the area's aboriginal inhabitants, including resistance fighters Robert Smallboy and Jack napoleon Tunermenerwail. in 1842 Smallboy and Tunermenerwail were the first people to be formally ...
Sophie Cunningham, 2012
8
Approach
The naval aviation safety review.
‎1990
9
Jack of Cape Grim: Victorian Adventure
Detailed account of organised and armed attacks on settlers in the Western Port District by five Tasmanian Aborigines brought to Victoria by G.A. Robinson - Truganini, Matilda (Pyterrunner), Fanny (Planobeena), Jack ...
Janine P. Roberts, 1986
10
The Coral missionary magazine
We have some curious names in this and other ways ; thus, one Indian whose name was Opemasheu has now the family name Sailor, that being the English equivalent ; another was called Napasheshish and his family name is Smallboy, the ...

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