"boyband" meaning in English

See boyband in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: boybands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} boyband (plural boybands)
  1. Alternative spelling of boy band Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: boy band
    Sense id: en-boyband-en-noun-xbZ037Zh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2003 February 28 – March 6, Metro Life Magazine (Evening Standard), page 26:",
          "text": "Kay Murphy and former Boyzoner Stephen Gately, who ditches the boyband look in favour of the loincloth attire for his stage debut as Joseph.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2016 August 22, Doug Criss, “5 things for Monday, August 22: Turkey, Olympics, Donald Trump”, in CNN:",
          "text": "The man who gave us all those cheesy 1990s boybands has died. Lou Pearlman was the brains behind *NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys (and many other copy-and-paste acts).",
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