"callboy" meaning in All languages combined

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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
    Sense id: en-callboy-ceb-noun-qkL0Loh1 Disambiguation of Male people: 74 26
  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: 18 82 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 26 74 Categories (other): Cebuano entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Cebuano entries with incorrect language header: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: call girl

Noun [English]

Forms: callboys [plural]
Etymology: 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 26 9 28 16 17 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 6 25 10 29 19 11
  3. (theater) A boy or man who summons actors when their presence is required for a performance. Categories (topical): Theater, Prostitution
    Sense id: en-callboy-en-noun-ev7YNltL Disambiguation of Prostitution: 6 25 10 29 19 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 15 42 38 2 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 26 9 28 16 17 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 6 25 10 29 19 11 Categories (other): Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 15 42 38 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 2 16 53 26 2
  5. (humorous) A man who works as a call center agent. (see usage notes) Tags: humorous Categories (topical): Occupations, Prostitution
    Sense id: en-callboy-en-noun-tnKaaPU- Disambiguation of Occupations: 3 26 9 28 16 17 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 6 25 10 29 19 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 15 42 38 2
  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 26 9 28 16 17 Disambiguation of People: 0 26 9 23 8 33 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 6 25 10 29 19 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: call boy, call-boy Related terms: call girl

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "word": "call boy"
    },
    {
      "word": "call-boy"
    }
  ],
  "word": "callboy"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). 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.