golden boy

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golden boy

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A 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.
A favored youth, held in high esteem by others, and for whom there are high hopes. He was the golden boy of Montana politics.

Similar: child prodigy

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@misc{golden_boy_2026,
  title = {golden boy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/golden%20boy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}