showboy

noun

showboy

noun

Etymology From show + boy.

1

Rare A male performer analogous to a showgirl.

  • Rose elected to divide the casting of dancers, showgirls, and showboys about equally between professional performers and local amateurs.1987, Kenneth Baxter Ragsdale, The year America discovered Texas: Centennial '36, page 222:

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