shaveling

[ sheyv-ling ]

noun

1. Older Use: Disparaging. a clergyman with a shaven or tonsured head.
2. a young fellow; youngster.

shaveling

/ ˈʃeɪvlɪŋ /

noun

1. derogatory.
   a priest or clergyman with a shaven head
2. a young fellow; youth

Word History and Origins

Origin of shaveling¹

First recorded in 1520–30; shave + -ling ¹

Example Sentences

"That dull shaveling loves us not, fair Ella," said Ned Dyram.

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Rouse up the little shaveling, will you?

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What if Count Hannibal were behind, were even now mounting the stairs, prepared to force her to a marriage before this shaveling?

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The Pope sent them? asked Lord Grey de Wilton, and declared himself surprised, the bitter old enthusiast, that gentlemen should undertake a commission from "a detestable shaveling the right antichrist and patron of the doctrine of devils."

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We will take you on horseback, and when we have caught the shaveling we will make merry together out of the ducat.

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