boy-friend

A form of boyfriend — A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.

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Meanings

nounboy-friend (plural boy-friends)

plural boy-friends

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of boyfriend.

    A Belgian friend of one of my p. b.f.’s (platonic boy-friends) said you were going to marry M.F. and she was awfully attractive.

    1929, Nancy Hoyt, Promise Not to Tell, New York, N.Y.: Horace Liveright, →OCLC, page 190
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APA

boy-friend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boy-friend

MLA

“boy-friend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boy-friend. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boy-friend,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boy-friend.

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