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GOOD OL' BOY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does good ol' boy mean? 

GOOD OL' BOY (noun)
  The noun GOOD OL' BOY has 1 sense:

1. a white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer groupplay

  Familiarity information: GOOD OL' BOY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GOOD OL' BOY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

good ol' boy; good old boy; good ole boy

Hypernyms ("good ol' boy" is a kind of...):

white man (a man who is White)

Southerner (an American who lives in the South)


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