youngster
noun
young·ster
ˈyəŋ(k)-stər 
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As a youngster, he was very shy.
bright-eyed youngsters interested in learning
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Bentaleb, a native of Lille who spent time at the club’s academy as a youngster before joining them permanently in 2023, has also played for German club Schalke and has 52 caps for Algeria, playing in the 2014 World Cup.
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Sam Joseph, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
At some point, the ideologies must combine — youngsters with little to no pro experience need more first-team minutes.
—Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025
Jacob Elordi plays Dorrigo Evans’ younger self, stumbling into an engagement with a girlfriend from a wealthy family (Olivia DeJonge) while falling in love with his uncle’s wife Amy (Odessa Young), a bohemian youngster who has clearly done some regrettable matrimonial stumbling herself.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
While other conservative youth groups had contented themselves with offering up celebrity speakers, Kirk’s group was training and even funding student-government candidates, as a kind of PAC for youngsters.
—Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025
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Sam Joseph, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
At some point, the ideologies must combine — youngsters with little to no pro experience need more first-team minutes.
—Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025
Jacob Elordi plays Dorrigo Evans’ younger self, stumbling into an engagement with a girlfriend from a wealthy family (Olivia DeJonge) while falling in love with his uncle’s wife Amy (Odessa Young), a bohemian youngster who has clearly done some regrettable matrimonial stumbling herself.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
While other conservative youth groups had contented themselves with offering up celebrity speakers, Kirk’s group was training and even funding student-government candidates, as a kind of PAC for youngsters.
—Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025
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youngster
noun
young·ster
ˈyəŋ(k)-stər
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: a young person : youth
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