Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whiteboy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: white-boy
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the Whiteboys, a secret Irish agrarian organization in 18th-century Ireland, using violent tactics to defend tenant farmers' land rights for subsistence farming.

noun

A man or boy who is highly favoured; a pet, a darling.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Alternative form of Whiteboy

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A Caucasian male.

Countable; Derogatory; Uncountable

noun

Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Were war at the gates, I should be one of her white boys."
"He was a good Irishman when there was no money in the job. He was condemned to death as a whiteboy."
"The words of the whiteboy crept into his mind as he got ready to crawl out of bed—and he once again realized Cassandra hardly ever showered."
"whiteboy still more than anything else this betrays me."
"“Shut up, whiteboy. How does it feel to hit a girl? You feel strong?"
"Coordinate term: whitegirl (“cocaine”)"

Etymology

From white + boy, from the white smocks the members wore in their nightly raids.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Whiteboys (plural) white boy (alternative)

Derived Forms

Whiteboyism

Questions

What does whiteboy mean?: A member of the Whiteboys, a secret Irish agrarian organization in 18th-century Ireland, using violent tactics to defend tenant farmers' land rights for subsistence farming.
Where does whiteboy come from?: From white + boy, from the white smocks the members wore in their nightly raids.

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