choirboy

See also: choir boy

English

Alternative forms

choir boy

Etymology

choir +‎ boy

Pronunciation

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Noun

choirboy (plural choirboys)

A boy chorister.
Coordinate term: choirgirl
(figurative) A piously innocent person.
- 2004, Pierre Hazan, Justice in a Time of War, page 108:
  Kordic is no choirboy. The tribunal has accused him of crimes against humanity for helping to orchestrate a massive campaign of persecution against Muslims in the Lasva valley in central Bosnia.

Derived terms

choirboyish

Translations

boy chorister

Catalan: escolà (ca) m
Esperanto: ĥorknabo
Finnish: kuoripoika (fi), kuoropoika
German: Chorknabe (de) m
Spanish: escolano m

piously innocent person

Finnish: puhdas pulmunen (compare puhdas kuin pulmunen)
French: enfant de chœur (fr) m
German: Chorknabe (de) m

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