GOOD OLD BOY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does good old boy mean? 

• GOOD OLD BOY (noun)
  The noun GOOD OLD BOY has 1 sense:

1. a white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer group

  Familiarity information: GOOD OLD BOY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOOD OLD BOY (noun)

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Meaning:

A white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

good ol' boy; good old boy; good ole boy

Hypernyms ("good old boy" is a kind of...):

white man (a man who is White)

Southerner (an American who lives in the South)