Stripling
['strɪplɪŋ]
Definition
(n.) A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad.
Typed by Justine
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Lad, boy, youth, youngster, school-boy, YOUNKER.
Checker: Truman
Definition
n. a youth: one yet growing.
Inputed by Hahn
Examples
- Italy was as yet a mere stripling. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I soon saw that I was mistaken: that the prince was a young stripling, and did not meet expectations. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This boy is a stripling of fifteen--slight, and tall of his years. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Thus then I should meet this titled stripling--the son of my father's friend. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We marked the difference of character among the boys, and endeavoured to read the future man in the stripling. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Editor: Matt