Boy

n. [Prov. Ger. bua, bue, M. H. Ger. buobe, N. H. Ger. bube, M. D. boeve, N. D. boef. Cf. Lat. pupus, boy, child, and L. Ger. pook, Dan. pog, Sw. pojke, a young boy, Arm. bugel, bugul, child, boy, girl, Ir. & Gael. beag, little, W. bach, id., Per. batch, child, boy, servant; A-S. & Dan. pîge, Sw. piga, Icel. pîka, a little girl.] A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad. Sometimes it is used in contempt or familiarity for a man.