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doughboy

/dˈoʊbˌɔɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.19 in modern English

Syllables
dough-boy
IPA
/dˈoʊbˌɔɪ/
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An American infantryman, especially one from World War I.

American usage

noun

A kind of flour dumpling.

noun

Frybread.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From dough + boy; its use to refer to an infantryman is unknown, but dates from 1847, during the Mexican–American War.

Usage

Inflected Forms

doughboys (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce doughboy?
The recorded pronunciation is /dˈoʊbˌɔɪ/.
What does doughboy mean?
An American infantryman, especially one from World War I.
Where does doughboy come from?
From dough + boy; its use to refer to an infantryman is unknown, but dates from 1847, during the Mexican–American War.

How to pronounce doughboy

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