Usually means: Female actress playing male roles.
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  1. principal boy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. principal boy: Merriam-Webster
  3. principal boy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. principal boy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. principal boy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. Principal boy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. principal boy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. principal boy: Wiktionary

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noun:  The young male protagonist of a pantomime, traditionally played by a female.

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