Usually means: Soldier in World War One.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word doughboy:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. doughboy: Merriam-Webster
  2. doughboy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. doughboy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. doughboy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. doughboy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Doughboy, doughboy: Wordnik
  7. doughboy: Wiktionary
  8. doughboy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. doughboy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. doughboy: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. doughboy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Doughboy (comics), Doughboy (disambiguation), Doughboy (record producer), Doughboy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. doughboy: Rhymezone
  14. doughboy: FreeDictionary.org
  15. doughboy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. Doughboy: The Word Detective
  17. doughboy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. Doughboy: World Wide Words
  19. doughboy: Dictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. doughboy, doughboy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. doughboy, the doughboy: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (US) An American infantryman, especially one from World War I.
▸ noun:  A kind of flour dumpling.
▸ noun:  Frybread.

Similar:
dough boy, doughnut dolly, doughy, dolly-boy, dougher, dink, duff, doolie, dough, Dixie, more...

Opposite:
doughgirl, thin, skinny, lean

Types:
biscuit, scone, muffin, croissant, bagel, churro, beignet, doughnut, more...

Phrases:
Pillsbury Doughboy, more...

Adjectives:
american, average, little, young, single, poor, last, old, typical, drunken, irish


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Similar:
dough boy, doughnut dolly, doughy, dolly-boy, dougher, dink, duff, doolie, dough, Dixie, more...

Opposite:
doughgirl, thin, skinny, lean

Types:
biscuit, scone, muffin, croissant, bagel, churro, beignet, doughnut, more...

Phrases:
Pillsbury Doughboy, more...

Adjectives:
american, average, little, young, single, poor, last, old, typical, drunken, irish



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