Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
barrow-boy is a noun meaning "a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow". It carries one recorded sense.
a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for barrow-boy come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.