blue-eyed boynoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌbluː.aɪd ˈbɔɪ/us/ˌbluː.aɪd ˈbɔɪ/UK informal disapproving US fair-haired boya boy or man who is liked very much and is treated well by someone, especially someone in authority
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly
- ableism
- arbitrary
- be a bit much idiom
- bias
- biased
- ghettoize
- hate crime
- inequitable
- inequity
- injustice
- prejudicial
- sexism
- sexist
- shortchange
- slant
- unfair
- unjust
- unprovoked
- unsportsmanlike
- you're having a laugh idiom
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Examples from literature
- Hallo, here come two more of the Colonel's blue-eyed boys, laughed the officers of our new battalion the first time we came into their view.