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choirboy

noun

Etymology

From choir + boy.

  1. derived from *bʰā-✻
  2. derived from *bō-✻ — “brother, close male relation”
  3. inherited from *bōjô✻ — “younger brother, young male relation”
  4. inherited from *bōjō✻
  5. inherited from *bōia✻ — “boy”
  6. inherited from boy//boye — “servant, commoner, knave, boy”
  7. compounded as choirboy — “choir + boy”

Definitions

  1. A boy chorister.

  2. A piously innocent person.

    • Kordic is no choirboy. The tribunal has accused him of crimes against humanity for helping to orchestrate a massive campaign of persecution against Muslims in the Lasva valley in central Bosnia.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA