Boy and Native

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Boy noun - A male person who has not yet reached adulthood.

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Native and boy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Native" instead a noun "Boy".

Nearby Words: boyish, boyhood, boyishness

Native noun - A usually longtime resident of a locality.

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Boy and native are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Boy" instead a noun "Native".

Nearby Words: nativity, natively

single	single boy	single native
poor	poor boy	poor native
intelligent	intelligent boy	intelligent native
black	black boy	black native
Other adjectives: young, beautiful, former, titular, strange, different, local, giant, resident, Indian.

The classic Dutch novel Oeroeg exploits this trope for drama in the relationship of the two main characters, a white Dutch boy of a rich family and a native Indonesian boy of a servant family.

Source: We Used to Be Friends
Not only were One Direction the first British boy band to make it big in America, but it eventually became obvious their American popularity eclipsed their native popularity.

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Rock Adams, an Englishman stranded in the new world as a boy and raised by Native Americans, so he fits nicely into the role of the "American" character.

Source: Lead You Can Relate To

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