link boy
English
noun
Definitions
- (historical) A boy employed to carry a torch or other light at night to help people navigate through the streets.
Etymology
Compound from English link (torch, light) + English boy (junior employee, person, male servant).
Origin
English
boy
Gloss
junior employee, person, male servant
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
人
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Centrelink English
- Chinaboy English
- Earthboy English
- Hopf link English
- Jewboy English
- Whiteboy English
- Whitehead link English
- airlink English
- antiboy English
- backlink English
- bagboy English
- barboy English
- barrow boy English
- batboy English
- batty boy English
- beachboy English
- bellboy English
- bitchboy English
- blackboy English
- boitjie English
- boot boy English
- bootboy English
- boy English
- boychild English
- boycock English
- boydem English
- boydick English
- boydyke English
- boyeen English
- boyfriend English
- boyfucker English
- boyhood English
- boyish English
- boyism English
- boykin English
- boykind English
- boyleg English
- boyless English
- boylet English
- boylike English
- boyloving English
- boyly English
- boyness English
- boyology English
- boyproof English
- boyshorts English
- boyslash English
- boytoy English
- boyz English
- brotherboy English
- bumboy English
- busboy English
- bushboy English
- callboy English
- camboy English
- catboy English
- caveboy English
- chainlink English
- chick boy English
- chickboy English
- choirboy English
- cisboy English
- commlink English
- copyboy English
- cowboy English
- cross-link English
- crosslink English
- cufflink English
- cuntboy English
- datalink English
- dayboy English
- delink English
- demiboy English
- dislink English
- doughboy English
- downlink English
- draglink English
- drawboy English
- drawlink English
- e-boy English
- enlink English
- fagboy English
- fanboy English
- farmboy English
- fisherboy English
- fly-boy English
- flyboy English
- footboy English
- fuckboy English
- gayboy English
- glowboy English
- grandboy English
- herdboy English
- herdsboy English
- hotlink English
- houseboy English
- hyperlink English
- inlink English
- interlink English
- keyboy English
- ladyboy English
- lardboy English
- lazyboy English
- leatherboy English
- liftboy English
- link English
- link bait English
- linkability English
- linkable English
- linkage English
- linkback English
- linker English
- linkest English
- linketh English
- linkfest English
- linkful English
- linkification English
- linkify English
- linkless English
- linklist English
- linklog English
- linkman English
- linkrot English
- linkspan English
- linkup English
- linkware English
- linkway English
- linkwork English
- linky English
- manboy English
- merboy English
- mislink English
- moneyboy English
- multilink English
- muscle boy English
- nancyboy English
- nerdboy English
- newsboy English
- office boy English
- outlink English
- overlink English
- pageboy English
- paperboy English
- permalink English
- pieboy English
- pissboy English
- playboy English
- ploughboy English
- plowboy English
- ponyboy English
- postboy English
- potboy English
- pussyboy English
- quarterboy English
- redlink English
- relink English
- rudeboy English
- salesboy English
- sandboy English
- schoolboy English
- scooterboy English
- shopboy English
- showboy English
- sideboy English
- slaveboy English
- sleeve-link English
- slitherlink English
- soulboy English
- starboy English
- stockboy English
- stronglink English
- sublink English
- suckboy English
- superboy English
- teaboy English
- toyboy English
- transboy English
- turnboy English
- unboy English
- unlink English
- unlinkability English
- uplink English
- videolink English
- water boy English
- weaklink English
- weblink English
- whiteboy English
- wikilink English
- wonderboy English
- wrenboy English
- linkki Finnish
- Link German
- boy Hungarian
- link Hungarian
- boy Italian
- link Italian
- boy Dutch, Flemish
- boy French
- линк Russian
- ма́льчик Russian
- link Spanish, Castilian
- boy magia Portuguese
- link Portuguese
- linque Portuguese
- ボーイ Japanese
- リンク Japanese
- link Polish
- boy Middle English
- linke Middle English
- link Danish
- บ๋อย Thai
- ลิงก์ Thai
- Boy Cebuano
- boy Cebuano
- rugby boy Cebuano
- boi Welsh
- beiggi Faroese
- בויטשיק Yiddish
- לינק Hebrew (modern)
- liŋka Northern Sami
- 링크 Korean
- បោយ Central Khmer
- boea Marshallese
- baimboi Tok Pisin
- boyi Hausa
- boy Sranan Tongo
- boe Bislama
- bwoy Jamaican Creole
- boe Pijin
- boy
- link
- boyz
- e-boy
- boyly
- linky
- unboy
- manboy
- gayboy
- uplink
- batboy
- merboy
- unlink
- busboy
- dayboy
- boyleg
- camboy
- boydem
- enlink
- inlink
- linker
- toyboy
- catboy
- Jewboy
- boyeen
- boykin
- relink
- teaboy
- boylet
- cowboy
- boyish
- delink
- potboy
- fanboy
- keyboy
- boytoy
- bumboy
- boyism
- linkup
- fagboy
- barboy
- cisboy
- bagboy
- pieboy
- flyboy
- boyness
- sideboy
- boydick
- shopboy
- farmboy
- linkage
- redlink
- boyless
- linkman
- mislink
- bootboy
- linkrot
- demiboy
- callboy
- linklog
- herdboy
- sandboy
- fuckboy
- boydyke
- starboy
- drawboy
- turnboy
- boylike
- playboy
- newsboy
- rudeboy
- boykind
- cuntboy
- sublink
- ladyboy
- pageboy
- ponyboy
- linkify
- weblink
- lazyboy
- copyboy
- liftboy
- pissboy
- linkful
- footboy
- bellboy
- hotlink
- antiboy
- boycock
- linketh
- boitjie
- airlink
- lardboy
- glowboy
- dislink
- linkway
- fly-boy
- wrenboy
- showboy
- nerdboy
- boyhood
- outlink
- plowboy
- linkest
- suckboy
- postboy
- bushboy
- soulboy
- caveboy
- boychild
- choirboy
- grandboy
- herdsboy
- chickboy
- linkspan
- doughboy
- linkwork
- boot boy
- superboy
- weaklink
- pussyboy
- wikilink
- cufflink
- paperboy
- boyproof
- Chinaboy
- nancyboy
- linkfest
- boyology
- linkable
- moneyboy
- draglink
- bitchboy
- slaveboy
- beachboy
- linkless
- linkware
- blackboy
- overlink
- Earthboy
- datalink
- drawlink
- whiteboy
- stockboy
- commlink
- Whiteboy
- linkback
- downlink
- houseboy
- transboy
- salesboy
- linklist
- boyslash
- backlink
- boyshorts
- interlink
- batty boy
- hyperlink
- boyfucker
- fisherboy
- chainlink
- videolink
- chick boy
- Hopf link
- boyloving
- schoolboy
- crosslink
- multilink
- ploughboy
- boyfriend
- permalink
- water boy
- wonderboy
- link bait
- stronglink
- muscle boy
- quarterboy
- scooterboy
- brotherboy
- Centrelink
- leatherboy
- office boy
- barrow boy
- cross-link
- slitherlink
- sleeve-link
- linkability
- linkification
- unlinkability
- Whitehead link