showboy

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noun

A male performer analogous to a showgirl.

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Meanings

nounshowboy (plural showboys)

plural showboys

  1. rareA male performer analogous to a showgirl.

    Rose elected to divide the casting of dancers, showgirls, and showboys about equally between professional performers and local amateurs.

    1987, Kenneth Baxter Ragsdale, The year America discovered Texas: Centennial '36, page 222

Origin

From show + boy.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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