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BOYFRIEND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does boyfriend mean?
• BOYFRIEND (noun)
The noun BOYFRIEND has 1 sense:
1. a man who is the lover of a man or woman
Familiarity information: BOYFRIEND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A man who is the lover of a man or woman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
beau; boyfriend; fellow; swain
Context example:
When the law changed, Pet could finally married his long-time boyfriend Jim
Hypernyms ("boyfriend" is a kind of...):
lover (a person who loves someone or is loved by someone)
adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))
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