doughboy

noun

SayDOH-boy/ˈdoʊˌbɔɪ/UK/ˈdəʊˌbɔɪ/

3 meanings of doughboy

1
nounUScountable
An American foot soldier, especially one who fought in World War I.
My great-grandfather was a doughboy who fought in France in 1918.
The museum shows the helmet and rifle that a doughboy carried.
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2
nouncountable
A kind of dumpling, a small lump of cooked dough made from flour.
Grandma dropped doughboys into the stew to make it more filling.
She made a doughboy from flour and water and boiled it in salty water until it was soft.
3
nouncountable
Bread made by frying a piece of dough, also called frybread.
We bought a hot doughboy with honey at the county fair.
My aunt cooks doughboys in a big pan of hot oil.
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It is made from "dough" and "boy". Nobody knows why it came to mean a foot soldier, but that use goes back to 1847.