"boy band" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: boy bands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} boy band (plural boy bands)
  1. (music) A pop group whose members are all (usually attractive) young men. Wikipedia link: boy band Categories (topical): Collectives, Male, Music, Musicians Synonyms: boy group Related terms: haircut band Translations (pop group whose members are all young men): 男子組合 (Chinese Mandarin), 男子组合 (nánzǐ zǔhé) (Chinese Mandarin), knaba muzikgrupo (Esperanto), poikabändi (Finnish), boys band [masculine] (French), ბოიბენდი (boibendi) (Georgian), ბიჭების მუსიკალური ჯგუფი (bič̣ebis musiḳaluri ǯgupi) (Georgian), Boygroup [feminine] (German), strákasveitir (Icelandic), boy band [feminine] (Italian), ボーイ・バンド (bōi bando) (Japanese), 보이 밴드 (boi baendeu) (Korean), dgaîngue dé garçons [feminine] (Norman), boysband [masculine] (Polish), boys band [masculine] (Polish), бойз-бенд (bojz-bend) [masculine] (Russian), pojkband [neuter] (Swedish), pojkgrupp [common-gender] (Swedish)

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