Definition of Good ole boy

1. Noun. A white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer group.

Exact synonyms: Good Ol' Boy, Good Old Boy
Generic synonyms: White Man, Southerner

Definition of Good ole boy

1. Noun. (alternative form of good old boy) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Good Ole Boy

good morrow
good nature
good naturedness
good news
good night
good now
good offices
good ol'
good ol' boy
good ol' boys
good old
good old boy
good old boy network
good old boys
good ole
good ole boy (current term)
good on you
good part
good people
good person
good riddance
good riddance to bad rubbish
good sense
good shape
good speller
good spirit
good spirits
good sport
good standing

Literary usage of Good ole boy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. All Too Familiar: Sexual Abuse of Women in U.S. State Prisons by Dorothy Q. Thomas (1996)
"So they use the good ole boy 105 Interview, Michigan, March 1994. 106 Interview, Christina Kampfner, clinical psychologist, Ann Arbor, May 17, ..."

2. Missing the Lifeboat? by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1994)
"We have been witness to a corrupt judicial system that is a ‘good-ole-boy' network that looks out for its own rather than holding each accountable for the ..."

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