Definition of Choirboy

1. Noun. A boy who sings in a choir.

Generic synonyms: Chorister

Definition of Choirboy

1. Noun. a boy chorister ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Choirboy

1. a boy who sings in a choir (a body of church singers) [n -BOYS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Choirboy

choicelessly
choicelessness
choicely
choiceness
choicenesses
choicer
choices
choicest
choil
choils
choir
choir boy
choir boys
choir loft
choir school
choirboy (current term)
choirboys
choired
choirgirl
choirgirls
choiring
choirlike
choirman
choirmaster
choirmasters
choirmate
choirmates
choirmen
choirmistress
choirmistresses

Literary usage of Choirboy

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

1. Secreted Desires: The Major Uranians by Michael Matthew Kaylor (2006)
"198-99) This last entry clearly reveals Hopkins dallying, a month later, with a remembrance of that Magdalen choirboy (with a bit of masturbatory suggestion ..."

2. The History of Music: A Handbook and Guide for Students by Waldo Selden Pratt (1907)
"born about 1582 and a choirboy at St. Paul's, though not greater than several of the ... 1625), born in 1583 and a choirboy at King's College, Cambridge, ..."

3. British Musical Biography: A Dictionary of Musical Artists, Authors, and by James Duff Brown, Stephen Samuel Stratton (1897)
"choirboy, Ashbourne Parish Church, to 1869, when his parents removed to Soar- borough. ... choirboy at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Dundee, and pupil of WH ..."

4. Memoirs of a Winnerby Gary Ward Scott by Gary Ward Scott (2007)
"I had the creepy feeling about "the choirboy," that "his" billfold and coin-keys case, could just as well have been "his" life to take. ..."

5. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1892)
"Strasburg Cathedral ; a procession passing along the nave ; a choirboy swinging a censer turns his face and looks at the spectator. ..."

6. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians: Being the Sixth Volume of the by Charles Newell Boyd, Waldo Selden Pratt (1920)
"began as a choirboy and by 1872 was a regular organist. He had thorough training in technique and composition from NH Allen, then organist in New Bedford, ..."

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