Usually means: Boy member of church choir.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word choirboy:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. choirboy: Merriam-Webster
  2. choirboy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. choirboy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. choirboy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. choirboy: Vocabulary.com
  6. choirboy: Wordnik
  7. choirboy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. choirboy: Wiktionary
  9. choirboy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. choirboy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. choirboy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. choirboy: Dictionary.com
  13. Choirboy (disambiguation), Choirboy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. choirboy: Rhymezone
  15. choirboy: FreeDictionary.org
  16. choirboy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. choirboy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. choirboy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. choirboy: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. choirboy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  A boy chorister.
▸ noun:  (figurative) A piously innocent person.

Similar:
choralist, chorist, chorister, choirleader, quirister, choruser, choral scholar, lay clerk, chanter, chantor, more...

Opposite:
delinquent, troublemaker, rebel, rogue, miscreant

Types:
soprano, alto, tenor, bass, more...

Adjectives:
former, little, young, old, innocent, angelic, overgrown, english, discreet, cherubic, anglican

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Similar:
choralist, chorist, chorister, choirleader, quirister, choruser, choral scholar, lay clerk, chanter, chantor, more...

Opposite:
delinquent, troublemaker, rebel, rogue, miscreant

Types:
soprano, alto, tenor, bass, more...

Adjectives:
former, little, young, old, innocent, angelic, overgrown, english, discreet, cherubic, anglican



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