farmboy

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noun

A boy or young man who works on a farm, especially one who is growing up there as a child of the farmer.

“He likes to say that he's still just a farmboy at heart.”

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Meanings

nounfarmboy (plural farmboys)

plural farmboys

  1. A boy or young man who works on a farm, especially one who is growing up there as a child of the farmer.
  2. informalA man who grew up on a farm and prides himself on a farm-based identity.

    He likes to say that he's still just a farmboy at heart.

    1 more example

    Even if I wear shit-kicker boots, faded Levi's and a flannel shirt, something about me betrays too many years around universities. In the same clothes, you exuded farmboy simplicity and innocence.

    1988 April 16, Rex Wockner, “We Only Went Out Five Times”, in Gay Community News, page 5

Origin

From farm + boy.

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Translations

Danish bondedreng, bondesøn
  • bondedrengboy who works on a farm
  • bondesønboy who works on a farm
  • karlboy who works on a farm
Dutch boerenjongen, boerenzoon
  • boerenjongenboy who works on a farm
  • boerenzoonboy who works on a farm
French garçon de ferme
  • garçon de fermeboy who works on a farm
Spanish chico del campo, niño de la provincia
  • chico del campoboy who works on a farm
  • niño de la provinciaboy who works on a farm
  • niño campesinoboy who works on a farm
Cite this entry
APA

farmboy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farmboy

MLA

“farmboy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farmboy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “farmboy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farmboy.

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