choirboy

See also: choir boy

English

Alternative forms

• choir boy

Etymology

choir +‎ boy

Pronunciation

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Noun

choirboy (plural choirboys)

1. A boy chorister.

   Coordinate term: choirgirl

2. (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