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wonderboy en · NOUN

Etymology

From wonder + boy.

Meanings

1. (informal) A male child prodigy, or (loosely) a talented male of any age.
   • 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:
   • 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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child prodigy