Meaning

2 senses
  1. A boy chorister.

    Chorknabe

    a boy who sings in a choir

  2. (figuratively)A piously innocent person.

    Chorknabe

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Tom is a choirboy.

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  2. He's a choirboy.

Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 1
boy chorister:

Origin

From choir + boy.

From choir + boy.

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Forms

plural: choirboys

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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