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Definition of Dayboy
1. Noun. A day boarder who is a boy.
Generic synonyms: Day Boarder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dayboy
Literary usage of Dayboy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Table Talk of John Selden by John Selden, Richard Milward (1892)
"He dreamed and dawdled at school, where he was only a desultory dayboy, and where,
as he has owned himself, he learned nothing whatever—not even (more's the ..."
2. Annals of Westminster School by John Sargeaunt (1898)
"As a dayboy boarding at home paid in tuition fees and gifts only some £4 a year,
he might actually lose nearly £20 by a three years' tenure of a scholarship ..."
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