Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A male companion or friend with whom one has a sexual or romantic relationship.
  • noun A male friend.

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  • noun A male partner in a romantic relationship.
  • noun A male friend.

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  • noun a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman

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Examples

  • Also, I have this sinking suspicion that the guy next to Samar is her douche of a boyfriend and RAWR MAI HAIT. *kicks loser boyfriend* I think Uncle Sandeep and her mom Sharan should have been in the cover with Samar instead.

    Archive 2010-01-01 Ah Yuan // wingstodust 2010

  • Also, I have this sinking suspicion that the guy next to Samar is her douche of a boyfriend and RAWR MAI HAIT. *kicks loser boyfriend* I think Uncle Sandeep and her mom Sharan should have been in the cover with Samar instead.

    Review: Shine, Coconut Moon by Neesha Meminger Ah Yuan // wingstodust 2010

  • Ali had had a boyfriend, but at her age the word boyfriend rankled.

    Fatal Error J.A. Jance 2011

  • Ali had had a boyfriend, but at her age the word boyfriend rankled.

    Fatal Error J.A. Jance 2011

  • She said the word boyfriend as if she were saying Hitler! or Your goddamn secretary!

    I'm Perfect, You're Doomed Kyria Abrahams 2009

  • Sit next to your boyfriend, Ariana said, emphasizing the word boyfriend a bit so that Palmer would definitely hear.

    Beautiful Disaster Kate Brian 2009

  • A character using the term "boyfriend" was deemed by some fans of the show as a modern word too far on online forums.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • Perhaps we abuse the term boyfriend, using it to refer to someone we might be seeing for only six weeks or so of good old between-the-sheets fun.

    Sydney Star Observer 2008

  • Perhaps we abuse the term boyfriend, using it to refer to someone we might be seeing for only six weeks or so of good old between-the-sheets fun.

    Sydney Star Observer 2008

  • I have nt read the books and I have to say that if they had finished the episode with Elena accepting the fact that her boyfriend is a vampire I would have been seriously disappointed.

    'The Vampire Diaries' recap: Best ep yet? | EW.com 2009

  • She might not like to know, then, that there are nepo baby-adjacent figures – such as the nepo boyfriend, a man who rides on his more celebrated partner’s coattails.

    ‘Nepo baby’ was just the start: inside the expanding nepo universe Alaina Demopoulos 2023

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  • Weirdnet is homophobic.

    November 16, 2008

  • ??

    November 16, 2008

  • Weirdnet's restrictive definition.

    November 16, 2008

  • Why isn't it just "a male friend"?

    November 17, 2008