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Webster 1913 Edition

Tomboy

Tom′boyˊ

,
Noun.
[
Tom
(for Thomas, L.
Thomas
, fr. Gr. [GREEK] )+
boy
.]
A romping girl; a hoiden.
[Colloq.]
J. Fletcher.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tomboy

TOM'BOY

,
Noun.
[Tom, Thomas, and boy.] A rude boisterous boy; also in sarcasm, a romping girl. [Vulgar.]

Definition 2024

tomboy

tomboy

See also: tom boy

English

Noun

tomboy ‎(plural tomboys)

  1. A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner.

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English tomboy.

Noun

tomboy

  1. girl who acts in a boyish manner
  2. lesbian

Tagalog

Etymology

English tomboy.

Noun

tomboy

  1. (colloquial) a boyish girl
  2. (colloquial) a lesbian

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Etymology

First attested in 1553 when it originally meant a “boisterous boy”, later in 1579 when it came to mean an “immodest woman”, and then finally in 1592 it developed its modern meaning of a “girl who acts like a boy”; from Tom, familiar form of Thomas + boy, “male child”.

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