"birthday boy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: birthday boys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} birthday boy (plural birthday boys)
  1. A man or boy whose birthday it is. Categories (topical): People Translations (a male of any age whose birthday it is): Jarige Job (Dutch), jarige [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), syntymäpäiväsankari [gender-neutral] (Finnish), Geburtstagskind [gender-neutral, neuter] (German), יוֹם הַהוּלֶּדֶת חָתָן (ḥatán yom hahuledét) [masculine] (Hebrew), születésnapos fiú/férfi/ember/személy (english: the latter two are gender-neutral) (Hungarian), afmælisbarn [gender-neutral, neuter] (Icelandic), festeggiato [masculine] (Italian), gebursdagsbarn [gender-neutral, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), solenizant [masculine] (Polish), aniversariante [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), рођенданац (rođendanac) [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), славњеник (slavljenik) [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), свечар (svečar) [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), cumpleañero [masculine] (Spanish), festejado [masculine] (Spanish), doğum günü çocuğu (Turkish), імени́нник (imenýnnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-birthday_boy-en-noun-lORbN6d- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "a male of any age whose birthday it is",
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      "sense": "a male of any age whose birthday it is",
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      "sense": "a male of any age whose birthday it is",
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      "sense": "a male of any age whose birthday it is",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a male of any age whose birthday it is",
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      "word": "gebursdagsbarn"
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      "sense": "a male of any age whose birthday it is",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "solenizant"
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      "sense": "a male of any age whose birthday it is",
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      "sense": "a male of any age whose birthday it is",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рођенданац"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "roman": "slavljenik",
      "sense": "a male of any age whose birthday it is",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "славњеник"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "a male of any age whose birthday it is",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "a male of any age whose birthday it is",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cumpleañero"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "a male of any age whose birthday it is",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "festejado"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a male of any age whose birthday it is",
      "word": "doğum günü çocuğu"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "imenýnnyk",
      "sense": "a male of any age whose birthday it is",
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