stripling
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of stripling
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; strip 2, -ling 1
Example Sentences
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Not since 1996, when Roy was a stripling of 24, have all 12 required appropriations bills been separately signed into law.
From Washington Post
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.”
From Literature
After a quick consultation with his staff, the enchanter decides that this stripling is sufficiently pure of heart to inherit his powers.
From Los Angeles Times
HL Tau, a mere stripling of a star no more than 1 million years old, was swaddled in a surprise.
From Science Magazine
The knights you have chosen to follow me are stout fellows and bear the command of a stripling with good humor.
From Literature
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