A youth.

A man who is young; an adolescent or young adult male.

A young man; a youth, an adolescent. Obsolete (rare after 16th cent. except in biblical use). Cf. The Song of the Three (Holy) Children at phrases 4.

A lad, boy, stripling; hence, more generally, Person, fellow, ‘chap’. Obsolete.

A boy, a youth. Obsolete.

A young person; esp. a young man between boyhood and mature age; sometimes, esp. in earlier use, more widely (see quots.).

A young fallow deer, a buck or doe of the first year. in fawn (said of the doe): pregnant.

A man; a youth; a boy. Obsolete.

A youth, one just passing from boyhood to manhood.

A male child or youth. Also: a son, irrespective of age (chiefly as referred to by members of the immediate family).

A young man; a youth.

A young man, a youth.

A young man; (in early use) spec. a lively or fashionable young man. Cf. youngster, n. 1. Now rare (historical in later use).

transferred. A stripling, youth. Also figurative. Obsolete.

? A youth, lad, boy.

A boy, youth; a young man, young fellow. Also, in the diction of pastoral poetry, used to denote ‘a young shepherd’. In wider sense applied…

A youth at the age between boyhood and manhood, a stripling; esp. a clumsy or awkward youth.

figurative. A man likened to a cockerel, esp. in being young. Obsolete.

A mischievous boy (often as a mother's term of endearment to a baby boy); in wider application, a youth, young man, a ‘fellow’, ‘chap’. Obsolete.

figurative. A young man, a youth; (also) an offspring or descendent (cf. offspring, n. 1b). Obsolete.

A boy, lad, youth.

Meaning uncertain: perhaps originally ‘a retainer’ and in later use ‘a swaggering young man’.

A young adult, esp. a young man; (in early use sometimes) spec. a lively or vigorous young man. Also: an inexperienced person; a novice.

A young man, a youth; fellow, man, ‘lad’, ‘boy’. (Cf. child, n. 2c) Obsolete.

A specially cherished or beloved man or boy. Now archaic.

A child or young person. Cf. cockerel, n. 1b. Obsolete. rare.

A half-grown lad, a youth. Obsolete.

In Spain and Spanish-speaking countries: a boy, a young man; a male servant.

= ‘Fellow’, ‘chap’; also, a humorous fellow, joker, wag. Now commonly of a youth, with the epithet young, little; the wider application seems to…

A young insignificant or conceited fellow.

Scottish, Irish English (northern), and English regional (northern). A boy, a lad; a young man, a fellow. In early use also: †a companion, an…

A youth, lad, or stripling.

cf. stubbed boy n. at stubbed, adj. 2b.

A lad, a youth. Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.

figurative. With implication of immaturity or inexperience: a young man, a youth. Obsolete.

figurative. An undeveloped, uncouth, unpolished youth.

Applied contemptuously to a youth. rare.

a youth; an immature man.

Applied to people (frequently with disparaging implication). A youth; a stripling.

An unfledged bird; a nestling. Also in figurative contexts. Obsolete.

= halfling, n. 1.

a ‘hobbledehoy’. Obsolete.

A youth, a boy; a servant-boy, lackey.

Scottish. A young man or boy, esp. a lively or impudent one.

A young fellow.

a strong, energetic, confident young man.

One not fully grown; a stripling.

A pubescent person.

spec. uses of sense 1a. In plural. With capital initials. In the names of societies or associations for young men.

A youth of sixteen.

In Spain, (a title of respect for) a young gentleman; frequently used derogatory, to denote one who affects wealth but leads a frivolous existence.

(See quots.) Obsolete.

A boy, a lad; a young man. Frequently as an affectionate form of address.

A youth, young ‘shaver’. rare.

Among the Greeks, a young citizen from eighteen to twenty years of age, during which he was occupied chiefly with garrison duty. Also in Latin form ep…

Esp. in Jewish usage: a boy, a young man; a lad, a ‘kid’. Frequently as a familiar form of address.

A young person; esp. a boy or male adolescent.

slang. In African-American usage: a young man, esp. one who is perceived to be relatively inexperienced or naive. Chiefly as a form of address.

A sexually attractive man, typically one who has a muscular physique.