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View synonyms for stripling

stripling

[ strip-ling ]

noun

  1. a youth.


stripling

/ ˈstrɪplɪŋ /

noun

  1. a lad
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stripling1

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

Origin of stripling1

C13: from strip ² + -ling 1
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Example Sentences

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

Nisus and Euryalus were their names, the first a valiant and experienced soldier, the other only a stripling, but equally brave and full of generous ardor for heroic deeds.

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

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

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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