stripling

/ˈstɹɪplɪŋ/

noun 2name 1

Collocations

STRIPLING + NOUN

lad

ADV.

indeed

noun

A young man in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad. .

And the king ſaid, Enquire thou whoſe ſonne the ſtripling is.

And now, I suppose, my Striplings are formally clad, and togated, newly arrived at the Vniversities

A seedling with most of the leaves stripped off.

For there upon the narrow new-made road, between the stripling pines, was a mediæval friar, fighting with a barrowful of turfs.

name

A surname.

noun — a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

And the king ſaid, Enquire thou whoſe ſonne the ſtripling is.

Wiktionary

And now, I suppose, my Striplings are formally clad, and togated, newly arrived at the Vniversities

Wiktionary

Count Edmund—but he was indeed a stripling, A very lad

Wiktionary

i Register

In some senses, stripling is marked as dated, humorous. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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