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For those people who don't know what Whiteboy clothing is, it is not a white-supremacy thing. It is a great clothing line that just says, 'Have fun.'
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Meaning of "Whiteboy" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WHITEBOY

Adopted from the earlier use of the phrase as a term of endearment for a boy or man.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF WHITEBOY

Whiteboy  [ˈwaɪtbɔɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHITEBOY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Whiteboy 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 WHITEBOY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Whiteboys

The Whiteboys were a secret Irish agrarian organisation in 18th-century Ireland which used violent tactics to defend tenant farmer land rights for subsistence farming. Their name derives from the white smocks the members wore in their nightly raids, but the Whiteboys were usually referred to at the time as Levellers by the authorities, and by themselves as "Queen Sive Oultagh's children", "fairies", or as followers of "Johanna Meskill" or "Sheila Meskill", all symbolic figures supposed to lead the movement. They sought to address rack-rents, tithe collection, excessive priests' dues, evictions and other oppressive acts. As a result they targeted landlords and tithe collectors. Over time, Whiteboyism became a general term for rural violence connected to secret societies. Because of this generalisation, the historical record for the Whiteboys as a specific organisation is unclear. There were three major outbreaks of Whiteboyism: 1761–64; 1770–76; and 1784–86.

Definition of Whiteboy in the English dictionary

The definition of Whiteboy in the dictionary is a member of a secret society of violent agrarian protest, formed around 1760.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WHITEBOY


attaboy
ˈætəˌbɔɪ
B-boy
ˈbiːˌbɔɪ
batboy
ˈbætˌbɔɪ
boi
bɔɪ
boy
bɔɪ
buoy
bɔɪ
carboy
ˈkɑːˌbɔɪ
cowboy
ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ
fanboy
ˈfænˌbɔɪ
homeboy
ˈhəʊmˌbɔɪ
ladyboy
ˈleɪdɪˌbɔɪ
lifebuoy
ˈlaɪfbɔɪ
newsboy
ˈnjuːzˌbɔɪ
paperboy
ˈpeɪpəˌbɔɪ
playboy
ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ
schoolboy
ˈskuːlˌbɔɪ
tomboy
ˈtɒmˌbɔɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHITEBOY

White-Out
white-slaver
white-spotted hyla
white-tailed deer
white-tailed eagle
white-tie
white-trash
whitebait
whitebass
whitebeam
whitebeard
whiteboard
whiteboyism
whitecap
Whitechapel
whitecomb
whited sepulchre
whitedamp
whiteface
Whitefield

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHITEBOY

altar boy
baby boy
birthday boy
cabin boy
drummer boy
errand boy
fair-haired boy
golden boy
houseboy
messenger boy
old boy
pageboy
pretty boy
rent boy
shepherd boy
stableboy
teddy boy
the boy
whipping boy
white-haired boy

Synonyms and antonyms of Whiteboy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Whiteboy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHITEBOY

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The translations of Whiteboy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Whiteboy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Whiteboy
1,325 millions of speakers

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Whiteboy
570 millions of speakers

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Whiteboy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Whiteboy
380 millions of speakers
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Whiteboy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Whiteboy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

whiteboy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Whiteboy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Whiteboy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Whiteboy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Whiteboy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Whiteboy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

총아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Whiteboy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

whiteboy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெள்ளை பையன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्हाइटबाय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Beyaz çocuk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Whiteboy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Whiteboy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Whiteboy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Whiteboy
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

whiteboy
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

whiteboy
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

WhiteBoy
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Whiteboy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Whiteboy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHITEBOY»

The term «Whiteboy» is regularly used and occupies the 103.559 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHITEBOY» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «WHITEBOY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Whiteboy.
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Mark Zupan
For those people who don't know what Whiteboy clothing is, it is not a white-supremacy thing. It is a great clothing line that just says, 'Have fun.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHITEBOY»

Discover the use of Whiteboy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Whiteboy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mexican WhiteBoy
This is more than a book about a baseball player--this is a book about life."-Curtis Granderson, New York Mets outfielder From the Hardcover edition.
Matt De La Peña, 2008
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Mexican WhiteBoy
Sixteen-year-old Danny searches for his identity amidst the confusion of being half-Mexican and half-white while spending a summer with his cousin and new friends on the baseball fields and back alleys of San Diego County, California.
Matt de la Peña, 2008
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The Whiteboy; a Story of Ireland in 1822
It will be remembered that he only heard a portion of what Byrne purposed, but it was quite sufiioient to lead him to the belief that the Whiteboy emissaries had succeeded in deceiving the gentry, and that it was more than probable the sun ...
Mrs. S. C. Hall, 1855
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The Whiteboy: A Story of Ireland, in 1882, Volume II
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
S. C. Hall, 2008
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The Whiteboy: A Story of Ireland, in 1882, Volume 1...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
‎2012
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The Whiteboy V1: A Story of Ireland In 1882
Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
Anna Maria Hall, 2010
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Nationalism and Popular Protest in Ireland
1 On Whiteboyism in general, see George Cornewall Lewis, On Local Disturbances in Ireland (London, 1836): M. R. Beames, Peasants and Power: The Whiteboy Movements and their Control in Pre-Famine Ireland (Brighton. 1983). 2 I have ...
Charles H. E. Philpin, 2002
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Can't Hold Me Down
I wanted to make sure I stopped by to see Whiteboy before dinner. My whole encounter with that attorney at the firm was still bothering me for some reason. I knew it was all about winning cases, because that was how you won the big bucks, ...
Lyah B. LeFlore, 2010
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L-vis Lives!: Racemusic Poems
"L-vis Lives!" in this poetic novella on the collision or race, art, and appropriation in American culture.
Kevin Coval, 2011
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100 of the Most Shocking Reviews Mexican Whiteboy
In this book, we have hand-picked the most sophisticated, unanticipated, absorbing (if not at times crackpot!), original and musing book reviews of "Mexican WhiteBoy.
Michael Carter, 2013

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHITEBOY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Whiteboy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Two teens and man nicknamed 'Whiteboy' arrested in 2014 fatal …
Whiteboy” John Helwig, 22, of Milford, was charged with conspiracy to commit murder and criminal liability for acts of another. Helwig is being held on an ... «FOX CT, Jul 15»
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The original rebels: Ireland's Infamous Whiteboys
The Whiteboys were a secret Irish agrarian organisation in 18th-century Ireland which took vigilante action to defend tenants' land rights to subsistence farming. «IrishCentral, Jul 14»

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