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noun Chiefly British.

a male boarding-school student who lives at home.

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Origin of day boy

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby day boy

day and night, daybeacon, daybed, day blindness, daybook, day boy, daybreak, day-by-day, day camp, day care, daycare centre

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How to use day boy in a sentence

Into the story at this point comes the narrative of Charles Mereweather Cook, aged fourteen, a day-boy.
The Gold Bat|P. G. Wodehouse
Nevertheless, it was impossible for a boarder to preserve unspoilt a real intimacy with a day-boy.
Sinister Street, vol. 1|Compton Mackenzie
Remember that I have been a day-boy house-master, and tried to infuse some esprit de corps into them.
The Longest Journey|E. M. Forster
Picture the day-boy's life—at home for meals, at home for preparation, at home for sleep, running home with every fancied wrong.
The Longest Journey|E. M. Forster

I don't like being branded as the day-boy's foe, when I think how much I would have given to be a day-boy myself.
The Longest Journey|E. M. Forster

British Dictionary definitions for day boy

dayboy

/ (ˈdeɪˌbɔɪ) /

noun

British a boy who attends a boarding school daily, but returns home each evening

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