"shaveling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shavelings [plural]
Etymology: From shave + -ling. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|shave|ling}} shave + -ling Head templates: {{en-noun}} shaveling (plural shavelings)
  1. (often derogatory) Someone with all or part of their head shaved, notably a tonsured clergyman; a priest or monk. Tags: derogatory, often Translations (someone with their head shaved): pulipää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-shaveling-en-noun-5pJWh~FM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ling Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'someone with their head shaved': 87 13
  2. A shaver, stripling, young man physically mature enough to shave.
    Sense id: en-shaveling-en-noun-RYMtf0o4

Inflected forms

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