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young·ster
(yŭng′stər)n.
1. A young person; a child or youth.
2. A young animal.
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youngster
(ˈjʌŋstə)n
1. (Sociology) a young person; child or youth
2. (Zoology) a young animal, esp a horse
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young•ster
(ˈyʌŋ stər)n.
1. a child.
2. a young person.
3. a young horse or other animal.
[1580–90]
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Noun | 1. | youngster - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" child's body - the body of a human child juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed bairn - a child: son or daughter buster - a robust child changeling - a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child - a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age; "Mozart was a child prodigy" kiddy - a young child orphan - a child who has lost both parents peanut - a young child who is small for his age poster child - a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes; "she was the poster child for muscular dystrophy" silly - a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly" sprog - a child urchin - poor and often mischievous city child street child, waif - a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive" |
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youngster
noun youth, girl, boy, kid (informal), lad, teenager, juvenile, cub, young person, lass, young adult, pup (informal, chiefly Brit.), urchin, teenybopper (slang), young shaver (informal), young 'un (informal) Other youngsters are not so lucky.
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youngster
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Translations
صَبي، صِبيان
mladík
ungt menneske
gyerkõc
barn, unglingur
mladenič
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youngster
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young
(jaŋ) adjective in the first part of life, growth, development etc; not old. a young person; Young babies sleep a great deal; A young cow is called a calf.
noun plural the group of animals or birds produced by parents. Most animals defend their young.
ˈyoungster noun a young person. A group of youngsters were playing football.
the young young people in general.
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youngster
n. jovencito-a, muchacho-a.
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