often attributive
1
: a young bird just fledged (see fledge sense 1)
a female bird feeding her fledglings
2
: an immature or inexperienced person
fledgling medical students
3
: one that is new
a fledgling company
Examples of fledgling in a Sentence
a female bird feeding her fledglings
at hockey he's still a fledgling and needs to work on his basic skating skills
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Disneyland could have had a Robin Hood Castle, Pleasure Island, archery range, ghost town and little church if initial plans dreamed up in the early 1950s by Walt Disney and his artists for the fledgling theme park had come to fruition.
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Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025
Launched in 2000, Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab in River North was the first expansion of the legendary Miami restaurant, and the first venture for the fledgling ICON, which was composed of Centioli, Melman and a third partner, Michael Fox.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Disneyland could have had a Robin Hood Castle, Pleasure Island, archery range, ghost town and little church if initial plans dreamed up in the early 1950s by Walt Disney and his artists for the fledgling theme park had come to fruition.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2025
Detroit’s circle of fledgling rappers and DJs didn’t have many other performance options back then.
—Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 3 Aug. 2025
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“Fledgling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fledgling. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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fledgling
noun
fledg·ling
ˈflej-liŋ 
1
: a young bird just fledged
2
: an immature or inexperienced person
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