"boy friend" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "boy friends",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "boy friend (plural boy friends)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "boyfriend"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1957, J. D. Salinger, \"Zooey\", in 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 96",
          "text": "\"Lane Coutell. He's only been Franny's boy friend for a whole year. ...\"\n\"The expression in Franny's 'young man,'\" he said, \"not her 'boy friend.' Why are you so out of date, Bessie? ...\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Dated form of boyfriend."
      ],
      "id": "en-boy_friend-en-noun-HX9w7jXh",
      "links": [
        [
          "boyfriend",
          "boyfriend#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "boy friend"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "boy friends",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "boy friend (plural boy friends)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "boyfriend"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English dated forms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1957, J. D. Salinger, \"Zooey\", in 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 96",
          "text": "\"Lane Coutell. He's only been Franny's boy friend for a whole year. ...\"\n\"The expression in Franny's 'young man,'\" he said, \"not her 'boy friend.' Why are you so out of date, Bessie? ...\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Dated form of boyfriend."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boyfriend",
          "boyfriend#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "boy friend"
}