shaveling

American  

[sheyv-ling] / ˈʃeɪv lɪŋ /

noun

1. Older Use: Disparaging. a clergyman with a shaven or tonsured head.

2. a young fellow; youngster.

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shaveling British  

/ ˈʃeɪvlɪŋ /

noun

1. derogatory a priest or clergyman with a shaven head

2. a young fellow; youth

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Etymology

Origin of shaveling

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

Example Sentences

Well, shaveling," said he, "thou hast said thy prayers, I perceive.

From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John

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

From The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

I don't care what a shaveling says: so I mean just to go and wish, and I won't sacrifice anything.

From The Gold Of Fairnilee by Lang, Andrew

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

From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.

He would not use my nostrums—   p. 225See, shaveling, here they are!

From The Bon Gaultier Ballads by Doyle, Richard