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means A boy who is enrolled in school, typically a child or young teen still working through the basics.

from A straightforward compound of 'school' (from Greek 'skhole', which originally meant 'leisure' or 'spare time' — education was once what the privileged did with their free hours) and 'boy'. The word has been in English since the medieval period, plain and functional, though it's picked up extra flavor over time: 'schoolboy error', 'schoolboy charm', 'schoolboy humor' — all leaning on the idea of someone whose mistakes and enthusiasms are forgivable because he hasn't grown out of them yet.