boyfriend

noun

regular male companion in a platonic, romantic or sexual relationship

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbɔɪˌfɹɛnd/ / /ˈbɔɪfɹənd/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō- Proto-West Germanic *bōjō Old English *bōia Middle English boye English boy Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijōną Proto-Germanic *frijōndz Proto-West Germanic *friund Old English frēond Middle English frend English friend English boyfriend From boy + friend.

A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
“I was playing the drums and my boyfriend was playing the electric guitar.”
“If I was your boyfriend, I’d never let you go / I can take you places you ain’t never been before.”
A male friend.
A style of women's clothing that draws heavily from corresponding men's garments.

verb

To be a boyfriend to (someone).
“3- the cutie pie, shadiah , the turk beaut who impoverished actor @imad Hemdi (of ikhmeem, upper egypt) when married together, who cost fereed il etresh his voice, when boyfriending her, who now is miT TereHa=veiled ( thanks 2 sheikh she@rawi ) :”
“That says the boyfriend WAS an NPC Promoter/Judge AT THE TIME he was 'boyfriending' her, and she was SIXTEEN.”
To have (someone) as a boyfriend.
“Rina is out boyfriending, God help us. The last one she brought back was terrible.”
“Her husband hurries home after work; her sister, if not boyfriending or tired, takes the girls and Max on subsidized trips to the Rubins’ favorite café, where they are petted and given mugs of cappuccino foam.”