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shavel·ing
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shavelingnoun
Someone with all or part of their head shaved, notably a tonsured clergyman; often used as a derogatory comment directed at priests or monks.
shavelingnoun
A shaver, stripling, young man physically ripe enough to shave.
Etymology: shave + -ling
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Shavelingnoun
A man shaved; a friar, or religious. Used in contempt.
Etymology: from shave.
Of elfes, there be no such things; only by bald fryars and knavish shavelings so feigned. Edmund Spenser.
Wikipedia
shaveling
A boy is a young male human. The term is commonly used for a child or an adolescent. When a male human reaches adulthood, he is described as a man.
Webster Dictionary
Shavelingnoun
a man shaved; hence, a monk, or other religious; -- used in contempt
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of shaveling in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of shaveling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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