schoolboy

schoolboy
I. noun Date: 1588 a boy attending school II. adjective Date: 1645 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a schoolboy <
schoolboy pranks
>
2. of, relating to, or being a sport for high school or prep school boys; also being one who participates in such sports <
a former schoolboy and collegiate goalie — D. J. Barr
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New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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