"city boy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: city boys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} city boy (plural city boys)
  1. A male inhabitant of a city, or one who prefers city life Categories (topical): People Related terms: city girl Translations (male inhabitant of a city): stadsjongen [masculine] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-city_boy-en-noun-5cblvksj Disambiguation of People: 64 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 65 35 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 61 39 Disambiguation of 'male inhabitant of a city': 99 1
  2. (British) A man who works in the financial sector (often capitalised). Tags: British
    Sense id: en-city_boy-en-noun-ZpX-Hogp Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Inflected forms

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