choirboy


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choir·boy

 (kwīr′boi′)
n.
1. A boy who is a member of a choir.
2. Informal A morally upright young man: "They're ... choirboys—clean, scrubbed nothings—so there's no dramatic or psychological preparation for the explosion of killing" (Pauline Kael).
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choirboy

(ˈkwaɪəˌbɔɪ)
n
(Music, other) one of a number of young boys who sing the treble part in a church choir
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choir•boy

(ˈkwaɪərˌbɔɪ)

n.
a boy who sings in a choir.
[1830–40]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.choirboy - a boy who sings in a choirchoirboy - a boy who sings in a choir    
chorister - a singer in a choir
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Translations

choirboy

[ˈkwaɪəbɔɪ] N → niño m de coro
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

choirboy

[ˈkwaɪərbɔɪ] n → jeune choriste m, petit chanteur mchoir practice n
to go to choir practice → aller à la choralechoir school n → maîtrise f (rattachée à une cathédrale)choir-stall [ˈkwaɪərstɔːl] n → stalle f (du chœur)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

choirboy

[ˈkwaɪəˌbɔɪ] n → corista m (ragazzo)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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