SCHOOLBOY


Meaning of SCHOOLBOY in English

school ‧ boy /ˈskuːlbɔɪ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] especially British English

1 . a boy attending school

2 . schoolboy humour jokes that are silly and rude but not offensive

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THESAURUS

▪ student someone who is studying at a university or school. In British English, student is not usually used to refer to a child at primary school:

a student at Moscow University

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How many students are there in your class?

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The university has a lot of overseas students.

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Most schools have special classes for students with learning difficulties.

▪ pupil especially British English someone who is being taught in a particular school or by a particular teacher:

The school has 300 pupils.

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He received a letter from one of his former pupils.

▪ schoolchild a child who goes to school:

The play was performed by a group of local schoolchildren.

▪ schoolboy/schoolgirl especially British English a boy or girl who goes to school – used especially when talking about how they behave, or that time in someone’s life:

They were behaving like naughty schoolgirls.

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When he was a schoolboy, no one had heard of computers.

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He blushed at her like a schoolboy.

▪ learner someone who is learning a foreign language:

Learners often have problems with pronunciation.

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a book for foreign learners of English

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.