stripling

[strip-ling]

noun

1. a youth.

stripling

/ ˈstrɪplɪŋ /

noun

1. a lad

Word History and Origins

Origin of stripling¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; strip ², -ling ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of stripling¹

C13: from _strip ² + _-ling ¹

Example Sentences

Not since 1996, when Roy was a stripling of 24, have all 12 required appropriations bills been separately signed into law.

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Nevertheless, both brothers, Castor and Pollux, were often called “sons of Zeus”; indeed, the Greek name they are best known by, the Dioscouri, means “the striplings of Zeus.”

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After a quick consultation with his staff, the enchanter decides that this stripling is sufficiently pure of heart to inherit his powers.

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HL Tau, a mere stripling of a star no more than 1 million years old, was swaddled in a surprise.

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The knights you have chosen to follow me are stout fellows and bear the command of a stripling with good humor.

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