good old boy noun orgood ol' boyorgood ole boy 1.: a typically rural or small-town white Southern man who strongly espouses traditional male values and favors male pursuits ; also : a man having or assumed to have similar values and tastes 2.: a man whose social position, success, or power is primarily the result of his connections within a select group < there are very few biologists willing to get outside the good old boy network — Kenneth Brower >