boy wonder

noun

: a young man of noteworthy achievements

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And like the Argentines, Yamal caught the world’s attention as a boy wonder. — Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 10 June 2026 Lucky vulture investors will reap astonishing returns, as crypto’s boy wonder serves out his 25-year sentence. — Alexandra York, Forbes.com, 8 May 2026 Technically, the French boy wonder Jacques Henri Lartigue, who took his first picture at the age of seven, beat him by a couple of years. — Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025 Stearns was Cohen’s white whale, a boy wonder who turned the team in the league’s smallest market, Milwaukee, into a perennial contender on a shoestring budget. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for boy wonder

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First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of boy wonder was in 1857

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“Boy wonder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boy%20wonder. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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