stripling
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9.8
- noun
- /ˈstrɪplɪŋ/
- Archaic
- Was he to be insulted by these striplings when he came on business?
- men and striplings
Examples
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When he was a young stripling, he dreamed of becoming a knight.
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56 And the king said, "Inquire thou whose son the stripling is."
Blog text (12) -
A promising stripling was put on the drum.
Fiction book (1994) -
Now the men and striplings hauled timbers into place.
Fiction book (1994) -
He stood his ground, this stripling boy in draggled garb, seeming half defiant, half afraid.
Fiction book (1993) -
But the hauling was still hard work, leaving men and striplings panting, and glad to have the water the maidens brought to them during their rest shifts.
Fiction book (1994) -
Men with long stout poles levered up one side of the stone while the striplings hauled on a multitude of ropes from the other side.
Fiction book (1994) -
One man, one stripling, two slaves, and one lidded basket of hounds, when the village had hoped for a gang of veterans who would make short work of the menace.
Fiction book (1993) -
The wise old man gave advice to the stripling about the challenges of adulthood.
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As a stripling, he often played in the fields with his friends after school.
Synonyms
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A person between 13 and 19 years old
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A young person aged 13 to 19
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1.0
A child or teenager who is not yet an adult
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3.5
A young person between childhood and adulthood, often aged 13 to 18
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5.5
A child or baby animal not yet fully grown
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9.9
A young person who is rude and thinks they know more than others
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6.8
Not fully grown but almost mature
How Young
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stripling comes from the older word strip plus the small ending -ling. The -ling part means 'little one', as in duckling, so a stripling is a young man who is not yet fully grown.