soulboy

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noun

An adherent of any of a variety of British subcultures of the 1970s and 1980s that focused on soul or funk music and dancing, most notably the northern soul movement.

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Meanings

nounsoulboy (plural soulboys)

plural soulboys

  1. An adherent of any of a variety of British subcultures of the 1970s and 1980s that focused on soul or funk music and dancing, most notably the northern soul movement.

    Paul Gorman: The soulboy emerged early- to mid-seventies. And he was one of the later outcrops of mod. Clothes-obsessed, dance music-obsessed, usually black music dance-obsessed.

    2012, Fred Perry Presents Subculture

Origin

From soul + boy.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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