padawan
- noun
- /ˈpædəˌwɑn/
- Informal
- The mentor guided his padawan through each lesson with patience and care.
- padawan learner
- young padawan
- Jedi padawan
And so it, it's, it's kind of like you, you go from Padawan to master.
- And so it, it's, it's kind of like you, you go from Padawan to master.
- One of your padawans and a, a, a mutual friend of ours.
Examples
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Learning you are, young padawan.
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He befriends a promising student and takes him as his padawan.
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Let me be your Padawan, man!
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Could you walk me through this Padawan training to become the best music producer possible?
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The Force is powerful, my young padawan.
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Do you know how far you have come, my Padawan?
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His padawan learns quickly and is given his own class to begin training.
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The Padawan is becoming the Jedi!
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The watermarked titles indicate what the young Padawan is getting trained to do.
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You will be selected to become a Padawan Learner, discovering the secrets of the ancient order of Jedi Knights to help restore peace and prosperity to the universe.
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Synonyms
A young person training to become an officer in the armed forces
A young noble who helps a knight and trains to become one
A new person learning from an experienced teacher, often used jokingly from Star Wars
Compounds
- Jargon
A new person learning from an experienced teacher, often used jokingly from Star Wars
Surface Forms
Etymology
Padawan was invented for Star Wars to name a young Jedi student. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a padawan as an 'apprentice' who learns from a master before becoming a Jedi Knight.