Golden boy

noun

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.nounA young man who has become unusually successful at an early age.

"Bill Gates was the golden boy of the software industry in the early 1980s."

2.nounA favored youth, held in high esteem by others, and for whom there are high hopes.

"He was the golden boy of Montana politics."

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