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(n)
(broadly) A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
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One's male offspring.
a youthful male person
A boy or young man.
(Scotland, Northumbria) A small boy.
(US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) A child.
An adult male human.
(dated) A familiar form of address for a boy.
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street.
(informal) A male person or animal.
A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
A young child who has started walking but not fully mastered it, typically between one and three years old.
A young person.
A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
(grammar) The masculine gender.
A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age after birth, needing almost constant care and attention.
A female child.
(chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) A man, generally a younger man.
(adj)
Young or seeming young.
One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.
(often as if a plural noun) Offspring, especially the immature offspring of animals.
A person between thirteen and nineteen years old (inclusive).
(UK, Ireland, slang) Informal address to a male.
Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old (inclusive).
(collective, dated, fantasy) (The) people, humanity, man(kind).
A person younger than the age of majority; a minor.
A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
(dated outside UK and Australia) A man, a fellow.
(countable) One who engages in sexual intercourse, particularly:
(countable, chiefly US, Philippines) A third-year student at a high school or university.
A person very much liked or loved by someone, especially when both partners are young.
A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.
(US, Canada, usually childish) Mother.
(slang) Brother (a male sibling).
(Australian Aboriginal) Used as a general intensifier; a pfella.
(colloquial) Used to address a group of people regardless of gender.
(numismatics) Subdivision of currency used in many Arab countries.
A son of one's child.
(dated) A friend; a pal.
A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
A friend or casual acquaintance.
Son of the same parents as another person.
A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one
Abbreviation of golliwog:.
A man.
(with the, invariable plural only) People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
(chiefly in the plural, also figuratively) A companion; a comrade.
The casting of a magical charm.
(informal) Something or someone that is shorter than normal.
(derogatory) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.
One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
(chiefly uncountable or in the singular) A small amount.
Anything very small.
(fishing) A maggot used as bait by anglers.
(printing, dated, French and German contexts) Synonym of brevier.
Alternative form of homie. [(African-American Vernacular) Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown.]
A loyal and trusted follower or subordinate.
A short circuit.
An affectionate, familiar term of address, such as used between husband and wife.
(often diminutively) A cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker.
A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes.
(UK, slang, obsolete) A simple country gentleman.
Any food produced or served in thin slices.
(music, plural "grands") A grand piano
(uncountable, especially clothing, food or drink) One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured.
A state of nakedness; nudity.
Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.
The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
(informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.
(in many religions, uncountable) A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil spirits are believed to be.
A surname from English.
A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed.
Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove.
A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
One who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience.
(archaic) Way, manner, or method.
One who enforces.
The saying of the interjection, used as a general measure of anything.
A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.
(vulgar, colloquial, chiefly in the negative) A more emphatic form of damn.
A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
The act of standing.
(informal) An utterance of "wow".
A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
(sometimes vulgar) The word "damn" employed as a curse.
(Christianity) A title given to Jesus of Nazareth, seen as the fulfiller of the messianic prophecy.
A covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes, blocking light to the eyes.
(by extension) Any stuffed toy.
A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
(colloquial) A man or boy; a fellow.
A Scottish or Irish mountain or high peak.
An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.