boyfriend

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From boy + friend.

She had had boyfriends in Leningrad but was not interested in marriage. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission
"I can get bonked every night of the week, but I can't get a serious boyfriend. — Life Blood, Thomas Hoover
It was not much of an attack on a President whose popularity never fell below an astounding 65% approval, and the only ebb was due to a minor White House incident involving a junior aide, the junior aide's boyfriend and the Lincoln Bedroom. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau

fellow, beau, swain, young man

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