"callboy" meaning in All languages combined

See callboy on Wiktionary

Noun [Cebuano]

Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English callboy. Etymology templates: {{ubor|ceb|en|callboy}} Unadapted borrowing from English callboy Head templates: {{head|ceb|noun}} callboy
  1. a male prostitute Categories (topical): Male people, Prostitution
    Sense id: en-callboy-ceb-noun-qkL0Loh1 Disambiguation of Male people: 80 20 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 51 49
  2. (humorous) a man who works as a call center agent (see usage notes) Tags: humorous Categories (topical): Occupations, Prostitution
    Sense id: en-callboy-ceb-noun-NdVjRNWc Disambiguation of Occupations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 51 49 Categories (other): Cebuano entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Cebuano entries with incorrect language header: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: call girl

Noun [English]

Forms: callboys [plural]
Etymology: From call + boy. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|call|boy}} call + boy Head templates: {{en-noun}} callboy (plural callboys)
  1. (euphemistic) A male prostitute. Tags: euphemistic
    Sense id: en-callboy-en-noun-8R9Drpsw Categories (other): English euphemisms
  2. (dated) A bellhop. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Occupations, Prostitution
    Sense id: en-callboy-en-noun-eOEM5PSU Disambiguation of Occupations: 3 27 8 33 10 17 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 7 29 10 36 5 13
  3. (theater) A boy or man who summons actors when their presence is required for a performance. Categories (topical): Theater
    Sense id: en-callboy-en-noun-ev7YNltL Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
  4. (Philippines, slang) A public transport barker (a man, who for a fee, calls out the destination of jeepneys and buses) Tags: Philippines, slang Categories (topical): Occupations, Prostitution
    Sense id: en-callboy-en-noun-6ejgzb8S Disambiguation of Occupations: 3 27 8 33 10 17 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 7 29 10 36 5 13 Categories (other): Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 4 28 58 5 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 12 18 51 8 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 5 2 7 16 55 5 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 4 2 5 21 57 4 6
  5. (humorous) A man who works as a call center agent. (see usage notes) Tags: humorous Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-callboy-en-noun-tnKaaPU- Disambiguation of Occupations: 3 27 8 33 10 17
  6. A youth employed to wake people up for work. Categories (topical): Occupations, People, Prostitution
    Sense id: en-callboy-en-noun-0x09Umxz Disambiguation of Occupations: 3 27 8 33 10 17 Disambiguation of People: 0 26 9 23 8 33 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 7 29 10 36 5 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: call boy, call-boy Related terms: call girl

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.