wonderboy
nounEtymology From wonder + boy.
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Informal A male child prodigy, or (loosely) a talented male of any age.
- 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...1986, Don Belton, Almost midnight:
- ...the wonderboys of Detroit and Wall Street...1992, James B Stewart, Den of thieves:
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- He could have been a robot really. He could be taught to do anything, the coaches thought. He was a wonderboy.2004, Joshua Cooper Ramo, No Visible Horizon: Surviving the World's Most Dangerous Sport:
- Related terms
- child prodigy