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单词 youngster
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youngstern.

Brit. /ˈjʌŋ(k)stə/, U.S. /ˈjəŋ(k)stər/
Forms: see young adj. and n.1 and -ster suffix. also 1500s–1600s yonckster, 1500s–1600s ounster.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: young adj., -ster suffix.
Etymology: < young adj. + -ster suffix. Compare earlier youngling n. and younker n. 2.
1. A young adult, esp. a young man; (in early use sometimes) spec. a lively or vigorous young man. Also: an inexperienced person; a novice.Also used of an older person who is young in comparison to others in the same context.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun]
frumberdlingc1000
young manOE
childc1225
hind1297
pagec1300
youtha1325
fawnc1369
swainc1386
stripling1398
boy1440
springaldc1450
jovencel1490
younkera1522
speara1529
gorrel1530
lad1535
hobbledehoy1540
cockerel1547
waga1556
spring1559
loonc1560
hensure1568
youngster1577
imp1578
pigsney1581
cocklinga1586
demy1589
muchacho1591
shaver1592
snipper-snappera1593
callant1597
spaught1598
stubble boy1598
ghillie1603
codling1612
cuba1616
skippera1616
man-boy1637
sprig1646
callow1651
halflang1660
stubbed boy1683
gossoon1684
gilpie1718
stirraha1722
young lion1792
halfling1794
pubescent1795
young man1810
sixteener1824
señorito1843
tad1845
boysie1846
shaveling1854
ephebe1880
boychick1921
lightie1946
young blood1967
studmuffin1986
society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner
younglingOE
new-comeOE
novice1340
ginner?c1400
beginner1470
apprentice1489
prentice1489
infant1526
freshmana1557
intrant1560
enterer1565
puny?1570
weakling1575
new comeling1587
novist1587
incipient1589
puisne1592
abecedary1596
neophyte1600
abecedarian1603
bachelor1604
novelist?1608
alphabetary1611
breeching boy1611
tiro1611
alphabetarian1614
principiant1619
unexperienced1622
velvet head1631
undergraduatea1659
young stager1664
greenhorn1672
battledore boy1693
youngster1706
tironist1716
novitiatea1734
recruit1749
griffin1793
initiate1811
Johnny Newcome1815
Johnny Raw1823
griff1829
plebe1833
Johnny-come-lately1839
new chum1851
blanc-bec1853
fledgling1856
rookie1868
elementarian1876
tenderfoot1881
shorthorn1888
new kid1894
cheechako1897
ring-neck1898
Johnny1901
rook1902
fresh meat1908
malihini1914
initiand1915
stooge1930
intakea1943
cub1966
1577 T. Kendall tr. Bp. J. Parkhurst in tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 95 Of an old trot Persephone, and Pyllio a yongster [L. De Persephone anu & Pyllione iuuene].
1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. B2 Menaphon.., a man..loued of the Nymphes, as the paragon of all their countrey youngsters.
1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. M4 I am halfe in a iealozie hee is some fantasticall amorous yonckster, who to dishonor me hath hyr'd you to this stratagem.
1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 18 I cannot foresee any other Remedy, but that most of those University Youngsters must fall to the Parish.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Youngster, an airy, brisk young Man; a raw or unexperienced Youth, a Novice.
1798 D. Rivers Lit. Mem. Living Authors I. 116 This..is adapted to youngsters rather than the higher classes of readers.
1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 18 John Wilson has no rival,..for the Robert Ellis, whom certain youngsters would fain exalt to a co-partnery of fame, is simply nobody.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Youngster, a novitiate in any thing.
1866 A. Oxenden Our Church ii. 15 If, for instance, we wanted a Counsellor, we should not consult a mere youngster.
1907 Dial 1 Apr. 211/1 There were still poets left us—youngsters by comparison, although fast approaching the venerable term.
1943 A. Rand Fountainhead iv. ii. 565 They're practically our whole actual working staff, those youngsters of yours.
1980 R. Mayer 1937 Newark Bears vii. 85 The Puerto Rican youngster..allowed only three hits in five innings.
2007 Daily Tel. 28 Feb. 34/3 Ted and Bernie are youngsters compared to some iron-pumpers. One section of the programme featured an over-70s competition in California.
2. colloquial. A junior member of a ship's crew (typically a boy or young man; cf. younker n. 2b, young man n. 2c); (also) a junior officer in the army or navy. Later also in the U.S. Navy: a midshipman (midshipman n. 1) in the second year of training to become an ensign.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > young or inexperienced officer
youngster1608
wart1894
poodle-faker1900
war baby1901
ninety-day wonder1917
society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [noun] > naval officer > junior officer
youngster1608
society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > young or inexperienced sailor
younker1592
youngster1608
young man1612
pedee?a1800
sailor-boy1835
sailor-lad1842
sea-pup1897
1608 Relation Trav. W. Bush B 4 b At length a nimble yonckster gets him to the very top of the foremast.
1778 H. Brooke Female Officer i. vii, in Coll. Pieces IV. 271 The truth is, that, till a red-coated youngster is once blooded, he is shun'd and look'd down upon as the greatest puppy in the pack.
1797 J. Wentworth Compl. Syst. Pleading II. 347 The said J. at the special instance and request of the said Henry, had agreed to serve in the Henry's employ in Newfoundland aforesaid as a youngster.
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Youngsters, a familiar term to signify the junior officers of a troop or company. The word youngster is like-used in the navy.
1850 J. Hannay Singleton Fontenoy v. v The shrill, squeaking voices of ‘youngsters’ in the tops.
1857 Chambers's Jrnl. 9 May 290/2 Nowhere was the excitement more intense than in the midshipmen's berth, and on no one had the intelligence a more surprising effect than on Bobstay, our junior youngster.
1911 H. I. Hancock Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis xiii. 147 By the time a fellow reaches the first class, if he's going to graduate anyway, he doesn't have to study as hard as a youngster does.
1925 B. Davis Goat without Horns i. 5 ‘What are the J. O's?’ ‘Junior Officers—youngsters' mess, and I'm particularly anxious to see whether a certain lady is dining with them or with the Captain.’
1971 E. R. Seary Place Names vi. 112 Riverhead was a centre of settlement in St. John's by men from Waterford, who had been brought from Ireland by West Country merchants as ‘youngsters’ to work in the seasonal fishery.
2006 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) (Nexis) 18 May a1 Members of the Naval Academy's Class of 2009 earned the right this morning to be called ‘youngsters’, or second-year midshipmen.
3. A child, esp. a boy. Also figurative.
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the world > people > person > child > [noun]
wenchelc890
childeOE
littleOE
littlingOE
hired-childc1275
smalla1300
brolla1325
innocentc1325
chickc1330
congeonc1330
impc1380
faunt1382
young onec1384
scionc1390
weea1400
birdc1405
chickenc1440
enfaunta1475
small boyc1475
whelp1483
burden1490
little one1509
brat?a1513
younkerkin1528
kitling1541
urchin1556
loneling1579
breed1586
budling1587
pledge?1587
ragazzo1591
simplicity1592
bantling1593
tadpole1594
two-year-old1594
bratcheta1600
lambkin1600
younker1601
dandling1611
buda1616
eyas-musketa1616
dovelinga1618
whelplinga1618
puppet1623
butter printa1625
chit1625
piggy1625
ninnyc1626
youngster1633
fairya1635
lap-child1655
chitterling1675
squeaker1676
cherub1680
kid1690
wean1692
kinchin1699
getlingc1700
totum17..
charity-child1723
small girl1734
poult1739
elfin1748
piggy-wiggy1766
piccaninny1774
suck-thumb18..
teeny1802
olive1803
sprout1813
stumpie1820
sexennarian1821
totty1822
toddle1825
toddles1828
poppet1830
brancher1833
toad1836
toddler1837
ankle-biter1840
yarkera1842
twopenny1844
weeny1844
tottykins1849
toddlekins1852
brattock1858
nipper1859
sprat1860
ninepins1862
angelet1868
tenas man1870
tad1877
tacker1885
chavvy1886
joey1887
toddleskin1890
thumb-sucker1891
littlie1893
peewee1894
tyke1894
che-ild1896
kiddo1896
mother's bairn1896
childling1903
kipper1905
pick1905
small1907
God forbid1909
preadolescent1909
subadolescent1914
toto1914
snookums1919
tweenie1919
problem child1920
squirt1924
trottie1924
tiddler1927
subteen1929
perisher1935
poopsie1937
pre-schooler1937
pre-teen1938
pre-teener1940
juvie1941
sprog1944
pikkie1945
subteenager1947
pre-teenager1948
pint-size1954
saucepan lid1960
rug rat1964
smallie1984
bosom-child-
1633 E. May Epigrams Divine & Morall sig. E3v I saw a little yongster weare a sword, The other day, and strut it like a lord.
1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 35 Appetite, which is elder Brother to Reason..is sure to draw all to his own side. And Will is but at best, a Foot-Ball or Top between those Youngsters, who prove very unfortunately match'd.
1788 W. Cowper Pity Poor Afr. 21 A youngster at school, more sedate than the rest.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. iv. 42 ‘Now for the cake,’ said Mas'r George..; and, with that, the youngster flourished a large knife over the article in question.
1886 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David VII. Ps. cxxviii. 3 The wife is busy all over the house, but the youngsters are busiest at meal-times.
1916 C. A. Stickney Creevey Daughter of Puritans xlviii. 250 A substitute teacher has no real authority, and youngsters understand that perfectly.
1942 Short Guide Great Brit. (U.S. War Dept.) 20 There are..youngsters in knee pants..who have lived through more high explosives..than many soldiers saw..in the last war.
2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Aug. d6/1 The small patch of concrete in the South Bronx features sliding boards and swing sets, along with a large fountain where neighborhood youngsters frolic happily through the spray.
4. A young animal, esp. a young horse.
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the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > young animal
younglinga1300
fawn1481
little one1509
rascal1530
littling1721
youngster1776
younglet1850
younker1868
subadult1885
joey1887
trot1895
toto1914
tyke1979
1776 B. Simonds Treat. Field Diversions 78 I have known some high metled Youngsters, at the Entrance of an Inclosure, hurried into a Pond or Pit; and remember, such an one of my own, once made a Descent of about twelve Feet.
1849 W. S. Mayo Kaloolah 341 A youngster of a crocodile who had come out of the water.
1854 Poultry Chron. 1 598 All the chickens hatched prior to the 22nd of May, dwindled away one by one, and scarcely left a single youngster from many clutches.
1872 Baily's Monthly Mag. Nov. 193 The rest of the youngsters [sc. young racehorses]..had gone away for change of air to Newmarket.
1941 Boys' Life Aug. 42/2 All her maternal affection was centered upon little Trigger, a liquid-eyed, long-eared, wavy-tailed youngster.
1976 Horse & Hound 10 Dec. 69/1 (advt.) Anglo Arabs quality youngster for sale. Also brood mare.
1997 Racing Pigeon Internat. Sept. 27/2 These were replaced in November 1996 by a 32 foot x 6 foot loft which has four sections built on a brick base with a ply back with shiplap front and sides and open door trapping and dropboards with bobs for youngsters.

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1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. sig. K They called straight vnto him their yongster captain.
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. C3v A youngster gent, With bever cockt.
1805 W. Godwin Fleetwood I. xii. 256 At one time, walking with my youngster-friend on a narrow bank, just as I had prepared myself to speak, my foot slipped, and I sprained my ancle.
1906 Camera Mar. 104/2 Has it ever occurred to you how much pleasure you might afford some youngster friend of yours by presenting him or her with a Brownie Camera.
1995 Loaded July 49/3 We are finally admitted..and head downstairs to a lavish ballroom full of aged pornsters and their youngster molls.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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