Definitions for youngster
ˈyʌŋ stəryoung·ster

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestlingnoun

   a young person of either sex

   "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. youngsternoun

   A young person.

2. Etymology: Derived from.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Youngster, Younker

   A young person. In contempt.

   Etymology: from young.

   How like a younker or a prodigal
   The skarfed bark parts from her native bay,
   Hugg’d and embraced by the strumpet wind. William Shakespeare.

   What, will you make a younker of me? shall I not take mine ease in mine inn, but I shall so have my pocket pick’d. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

   See how the morning opes her golden gates,
   And takes her farewel of the glorious sun:
   How well resembles it the prime of youth,
   Trimm’d like a yonker prancing to his love. William Shakespeare.

   Fame tells, by age fame reverend grown,
   That Phœbus gave his chariot to his son;
   And whilst the youngster from the path declines,
   Admiring the strange beauty of the signs,
   Proud of his charge, he drove the fiery horse,
   And would outdo his father in his course. Thomas Creech.

   The youngster, who at nine and three,
   Drinks with his sisters milk and tea,
   From breakfast reads till twelve o’clock,
   Burnet and Heylin, Hobbes and Locke. Matthew Prior.

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1. youngster

   A youngster is a child or a young person, typically referring to someone who is not yet an adult or is in an early stage of life.

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1. Youngsternoun

   a young person; a youngling; a lad

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. youngster

   [an old term; from the Anglo-Saxon junker]. A volunteer of the first-class, and a general epithet for a stripling in the service.

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1. youngster

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Matched Categories

1. • Juvenile

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'youngster' in Nouns Frequency: #1682

How to pronounce youngster?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say youngster in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of youngster in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of youngster in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of youngster in a Sentence

1. Sam Baker:

   When I was a youngster, somebody gave me a white rat as a pet.

2. Sam Stoller:

   My uncle and father would always tell me about Sam, as a youngster, I never really understood it -- I never really understood the size of it.

3. De Vanna:

   They thought it was funny. I was just a young kid from Perth, I didn’t know any different. I ... wanted to punch them, as a youngster and a player I didn’t know how to address this ... but it is still happening across all levels and it’s time to speak up.

4. Andrew Lenihan:

   Mum ZeeZee and her new arrival instantly bonded and she’s been doing a great job of cradling him closely and caring for him. a birth always creates a lot of excitement in the group and raising a youngster soon becomes a real extended family affair.

5. Jerry Kill:

   The youngster, full of energy.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=youngster
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Youngster
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=youngster
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/youngster
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=youngster