1 whiteboy | Definition of whiteboy

whiteboy

noun
white·​boy

Definition of whiteboy

1 archaic : a favored person : pet
2 usually capitalized [ so called from their wearing white shirts outside their other clothes as a means of recognition on their night raids ] : one of an agrarian association formed among the Irish peasants in 1761 especially to redress their grievances against their landlords and to resist collection of tithes

First Known Use of whiteboy

1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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