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Definition of "boyfriend" []

  • A favored male companion or sweetheart. (noun)
  • A male friend. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "boyfriend" in a sentence
  • "Also, I have this sinking suspicion that the guy next to Samar is her douche of a boyfriend and RAWR MAI HAIT. *kicks loser boyfriend* I think Uncle Sandeep and her mom Sharan should have been in the cover with Samar instead."
  • "Ali had had a boyfriend, but at her age the word boyfriend rankled."
  • "She said the word boyfriend as if she were saying Hitler! or Your goddamn secretary!"