"wonderboy" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1986, Don Belton, Almost midnight",
          "text": "Daddy had been using that child for a boy prophet, building up a whole new ministry around him, since the child was four years old, calling him a wonderboy...",
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          "ref": "1992, James B Stewart, Den of thieves",
          "text": "...the wonderboys of Detroit and Wall Street...",
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          "ref": "2004, Joshua Cooper Ramo, No Visible Horizon: Surviving the World's Most Dangerous Sport",
          "text": "He could have been a robot really. He could be taught to do anything, the coaches thought. He was a wonderboy.",
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        "A male child prodigy, or (loosely) a talented male of any age."
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        "(informal) A male child prodigy, or (loosely) a talented male of any age."
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  "word": "wonderboy"
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          "text": "...the wonderboys of Detroit and Wall Street...",
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