English Explanatory Dictionary

doughboy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An American infantryman, especially one from World War I.
  2. A kind of flour dumpling.
  3. Frybread.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

doughboy doughboys

Etymology

From dough + boy; its use to refer to an infantryman is unknown, but dates from 1847, during the Mexican–American War.

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