shaveling

shave·ling

noun \ˈshāv-liŋ\

Definition of SHAVELING

1

usually disparaging : a tonsured clergyman : priest

2

: youth, stripling

Examples of SHAVELING

1. <ever since he was a shaveling, he's wanted to be an airline pilot, just like his dad>

First Known Use of SHAVELING

1529

Related to SHAVELING

Synonyms: boychick (or boychik), boyo [Irish], callant [chiefly Scottish], lad, laddie, nipper, boy, shaver, sonny, stripling, tad, youth

Related Words: adolescent, juvenile, kid, kiddie (also kiddy), kiddo, minor, moppet, teenager, tween, youngling, youngster; brat, gamin, guttersnipe, hobbledehoy, imp, squirt, urchin, whippersnapper; schoolboy; toddler, tot, tyke (also tike); mama's boy, mollycoddle

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