Found 2 items, similar to stripling.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: stripling
stripling
n : a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity [syn:
adolescent,
teenager]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Stripling
Stripling
\Strip"ling\, n. [Dim. of strip; as if a small strip
from the main stock or steam.]
A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from
boyhood to manhood; a lad.
[1913 Webster]
Inquire thou whose son the stripling is. --1 Sam. xvii.
56.
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