Usually means: Assistant in religious services, youth.
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  1. altar boy: Merriam-Webster
  2. altar boy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. altar boy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. altar boy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. altar boy: Vocabulary.com
  6. altar boy: Wordnik
  7. altar boy: Wiktionary
  8. altar boy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. altar boy: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. altar boy: Dictionary.com
  11. Altar boy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. altar boy: Rhymezone
  13. altar boy: FreeDictionary.org
  14. altar boy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. altar boy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. altar boy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  17. altar boy: Merriam-Webster

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. altar boy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See altar_boys as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (altar boy)

noun:  A boy serving as an acolyte in certain forms of Christianity.
noun:  A young man adhering to traditional values.

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