shaveling

noun

shave·​ling ˈshāv-liŋ 

1

usually disparaging : a tonsured clergyman : priest

2

: youth, stripling

Synonyms

• boy
• boychick
• boychik
• boyo [Irish]
• callant [chiefly Scottish]
• lad
• laddie
• nipper
• shaver
• sonny
• stripling
• tad
• youth

Examples of shaveling in a Sentence

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

Word History

First Known Use

1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1