shaveling

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

shave + -ling

[edit] Noun

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shaveling (plural shavelings) (shāv'ling)

1. Someone with all or part of their head shaved, notably a tonsured clergyman; often used as a derogatory comment directed at priests or monks.
2. 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