shaveling
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Noun
Wikipedia shaveling (plural shavelings) (shāv'ling)
- Someone with all or part of their head shaved, notably a tonsured clergyman; often used as a derogatory comment directed at priests or monks.
- A shaver, stripling, young man physically ripe enough to shave.
[edit] References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
