Boy


 
 
Boy

A boy is a male human child or adolescent, as contrasted to a female child, which is a girl. The term "boy" is used to indicate biological sex distinctions, cultural gender role distinctions, or both. An adult male human is a man.

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The boundary is not clear cut. In English, a youth or a teenager may be either male or female. No gender specific term exists for an intermediate stage between a boy and a man.

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In the Royal Navy there is a rank "ship's boy".

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Male: Male is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces sperm. The "sperm" is defined as the smaller, ordinarily motile gamete in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the larger gamete, the ovum, is produced by the female. A male individual cannot reproduce sexually without acc...

Child: A child (plural: children) is a young human. Depending on context it may mean someone who is not yet an adult, or someone who has not yet reached puberty (someone who is prepubescent)....

Adolescent: redirect Adolescence...


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Introduction
Colloquial uses
Etymology
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