boyfriendship

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noun

The quality or state of being someone's boyfriend

OriginProto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English boyfriend →
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Meanings

nounboyfriendship (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableThe quality or state of being someone's boyfriend

    Back home, visions of boyfriendship danced through my head.

    2009 January 18, Katherine Ruppe, “A Guest Star in His Romantic Drama”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Englishboyfriend
  2. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  3. Englishboyfriendship

From boyfriend + -ship.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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