Meanings
nounchoirboy (plural choirboys)
plural choirboys · alternative choir boy
- figurativelyA piously innocent person.
Kordic is no choirboy. The tribunal has accused him of crimes against humanity for helping to orchestrate a massive campaign of persecution against Muslims in the Lasva valley in central Bosnia.
2004, Pierre Hazan, Justice in a Time of War, page 108
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Catalan escolà
- escolàboy chorister
Esperanto ĥorknabo
- ĥorknaboboy chorister
Finnish kuoripoika, kuoropoika
- kuoripoikaboy chorister
- kuoropoikaboy chorister
French enfant de chœur
- enfant de chœurpiously innocent person
German Chorknabe, Chorknabe
- Chorknabeboy chorister
- Chorknabepiously innocent person
Spanish escolano, seise
- escolanoboy chorister
- seiseboy chorister
- niño de coroboy chorister
- infantejoboy chorister
- escolánboy chorister
- infante de coroboy chorister
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APA
choirboy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choirboy
MLA
“choirboy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choirboy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “choirboy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choirboy.
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