old boy

English

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Noun

old boy (plural old boys)

1. (chiefly British) An alumnus, especially of a public school.
2. A former member of a group.
   • 2011 September 24, Aled Williams, “Chelsea 4 - 1 Swansea”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Swansea named an unchanged side from their win over West Brom, and the visitors made an encouraging start, with Blues old boy Scott Sinclair prominent - Branislav Ivanovic had to make an important block to halt the winger's run.

3. (UK, informal) An elderly man.

   I got talking to an old boy in the pub, and he told me what the village used to be like in the old days.

4. (UK, dated) A familiar term of address for a man of any age.

   Listen, old boy, I've got some news.

Alternative forms

• OB (alumnus)

Derived terms

• old boy network

Related terms

• good old boy

Translations

alumnus — see alumnus

a familiar term of address for a man

• Hebrew: קשישא m
• Russian: старина́ (ru) m (stariná), стари́к (ru) m (starík)

See also

• big boy

Anagrams

• -bloody-, bloody