young mann.

Brit.

/ˌjʌŋ ˈman/, U.S.

/ˌjəŋ ˈmæn/

Inflections: Plural young men.

Forms: see young adj. and man n.¹; also early Middle English hwungman (probably transmission error), late Middle English ȝang man (probably transmission error).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: young adj., man n.¹

Etymology: < young adj. + man n.¹ Compare established uses of similar expressions in specific meanings in other Germanic languages: Dutch jonkman young man, bachelor (16th cent. in Kiliaan), Middle Low German juncmann male adolescent, junior seaman, Old High German juncman male adolescent (Middle High German juncmann young man, young lord, German Jungmann young male member of an organization, junior seaman), Old Icelandic ungmaðr young man (rare), ungmenni young people collectively. Compare young woman n. and old man n. With sense 2c compare slightly earlier younker n. 2b and youngster n. 2. With senses 3 and 4 compare yeoman n. I. With sense 5 compare slightly earlier young lady n. 2.Also written as one word, especially in the early modern period.

a. A man who is young; an adolescent or young adult male.angry young man: see the first element.

ΘΠ

the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun]

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young manOE

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young lion1792

halfling1794

pubescent1795

young man1810

sixteener1824

señorito1843

tad1845

boysie1846

shaveling1854

ephebe1880

boychick1921

lightie1946

young blood1967

studmuffin1986

OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1900) II. 314 Eadmundes swurdbora hit rehte Æþelstane cynincge þa þa Dunstan iung man wæs.

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1052 Rodberd..& Vlf..ofslogon & elles amyrdon manige iunge men.

a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 69 Ðies ȝunge mann ȝiede a-wei sari.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 191 A ȝung mon [c1300 Otho ȝong mon] of þriti ȝeren.

a1300 in M. R. James Catal. MSS Gonville & Caius Coll., Cambr. (1908) II. 415 (MED) Þeys bet ȝe þre þat god for les: Holdman Gytles [read wytles], Yongman recheles, Womman sameles.

c1390 (?c1350) Joseph of Arimathie (1871) l. 437 Þou weore a ȝong mon in þi grete strengþe.

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 13 (MED) A ȝong man..went oute on a tyme of a schippe for to refresch him.

1486 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 47 If this slaunderous report come to the eers of some yongmen of the blode that he is of.

1575 G. Gascoigne Glasse of Gouernem. i. v. sig. Cii^v I saw a frosty bearded scholemaster instructing of four lusty young men.

1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 137 Young men in the Conduct..of Actions embrace more then they can hold.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 278 When Young-men find themselves all of a sudden advanc'd to so great power.

1703 Poor Robin sig. C7 Maids are pretty Toys for Youngmen to play withal.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. x. 130 Young Men are too opinionative and volatile to be guided by the sober Dictates of their Seniors.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1778 II. 265 Johnson: If a young man is wild, and must run after women and bad company.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xiv. 167 Abel has not been brought up like the run of young men.

1895 Semi-weekly Cedar Falls (Iowa) Gaz. 18 June One-fifth of the young men who will graduate this month have worked their way through college, in whole or in part.

1920 E. Wharton Age of Innocence i. iii. 19 Newland Archer, as became a young man of his position, strolled in somewhat late.

1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman ii. 24 He seems to me an excessively foolish young man, but he cannot be such a saphead as that!

1967 R. McGough in A. Henri et al. Mersey Sound 91 Let me die a youngman's death not a clean & inbetween the sheets holywater death.

2000 A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 276 Pimpy-looking young men in suits and patent leather shoes.

b. As a form of address, esp. when expressing a reproof or warning.Sometimes with patronizing connotations, and now often used by an adult to a boy.

OE tr. Apollonius of Tyre (1958) v. 6 Beseah ða mid irlicum andwlitan to him and cwæð: ‘Ðu iunga man [L. iuvenis], þu eart feor fram rihte.’

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 303 Sey me, ȝonge man, was þy moder ever in Rome?

1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 1826 (MED) ‘Ȝung man,’ quod ioachym, ‘I wyl trewly Telle þe now euen lyk as yt is.’

?1552 V. Leigh Pleasaunt Playne & Pythye Pathewaye sig. A.i^v God thancke you younge man, sayde he.

1675 Woman turn'd Bully ii. ii. 30 Now, young man, give it me, and fill it lustily.

a1743 J. Cannon Chrons. (2010) I. 76 He said Young Man, is nothing on the ground (pointing thereto) belonging to you?

1785 T. Holcroft Choleric Fathers iii. 61 Stand where you are, young man.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. i. 14 ‘Words avail very little with me, young man,’ said my father.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. vii. 64 You had better provide yourself with another situation, young man.

1906 W. McCay in Little Nemo 1905–14 (2000) 38/4 You yell like that again, young man, and I'll lam you good.

1926 A. Conan Doyle Land of Mist xiv. 244 I must go, for I have much to do... But be of good heart, young man.

1994 H. C. Sisson in H. C. Sisson & D. W. Rowe Coots, Codgers & Curmudgeons 2 I am informing you here and now, young man, that the licking you are going to get from me will make your go-rounds with little Billie feel like a Sunday school picnic.

2010 Jewish Chron. 15 Oct. 8/3 It's time you grew up, young man. You are in the big boys' court and get big boys' sentences.

2. spec. uses of sense 1a.

†a. In Anglo-Saxon England: a male youth, esp. a bondsman, who is not yet capable of working fully to the capacity expected of a man. Obsolete.Only in Old English.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [noun] > slave

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thrallc950

young manOE

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slave-labourer1607

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OE Will of Æðelgifu (Sawyer 1497) in D. Whitelock Will of Æthelgifu (1968) 15 Bogan hire preoste finde him mon of þære lafe anne gionne mannan, gif þær sy; gif ne, selle mon of Offanlege ane cu.

lOE Rec. Gifts of Bp. Æðelwold to Peterborough (Sawyer 1448) in S. E. Kelly Charters of Peterborough Abbey (2009) 324 Þonne is æt Farresheafde xvi weorcwurðe men & viii iunge men.

b. A male youth employed as an apprentice, assistant, messenger, etc. Usually with possessive. Now chiefly archaic or historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > employee > young

young man1608

1608 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 214 No younge man, journamen nor prentice.

1652 G. Fidge Eng. Gusman 4 Allen seeing his young man in a Study took him aside, saying, I would have you be as my companion and friend, and not as a servant.

1722 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack 77 The Master of the Youth was it seems so very thankful that his young Man was not knock'd down before he paid the rest of the Money, (which was above 100 l. more) to the Goldsmith..that he made no great Noise at the Loss he had; and..only warn'd his Prentice to be more careful.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 116. ⁋11 The term of Young Man, with which I was sometimes honoured, as I carried a parcel to the door of a coach, tortured my imagination.

1790 Scots Mag. Aug. 377/2 The doctor who managed the affair would not admit of more than five persons in the secret..and O'Donnel and Tector had been told of it before I saw you; and they, with the doctor, his young man, and a person be brought with him, made the five.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 9 She discovers..that Mr. Todd's young man over the way, is..taking down his master's shutters.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxiv. 308 Mr. Bowls's young man..brought him his hot water to shave that beard which he was so anxiously expecting.

1887 G. R. Sims Mary Jane's Mem. vi While the grocer's young man was waiting inside for orders.

1922 A. A. Milne Mr. Pim vi. 120 ‘Thank you, thank you,’ said Mr. Pim, and raised his hat to the grocer's young man, who grinned, ‘Not at all, sir,’ and went back to his biscuits.

1972 P. O'Brian Post Captain vi. 154 Mr G sent me his young man to say he had thought better of my project of translating Boursicot.

†c. Nautical colloquial. A junior member of a ship's crew; cf. youngster n. 2. In quot. 1799: (probably) a midshipman in the Royal Navy. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > young or inexperienced sailor

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sailor-boy1835

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1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good ii. i. 155 A blacke Gust is comming: vp a-low-there hey: A young-man vp toth Top-mast-head, and looke-out.

1671 J. Baltharpe Straights Voy. 48 Upon our Main-topgallant-mast-head, A young-man did a Jack-Flag spread.

1799 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) IV. 82 The first act of my command was to name Sidney Smith's First Lieutenant to the death-vacancy of Captain Miller. I have placed two of his young men in Gun-boats.

d. In plural. With capital initials. In the names of societies or associations for young men.With Young Men's Christian Association cf. YMCA n. at Y n. Initialisms.

ΘΠ

the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun]

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young manOE

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fawnc1369

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stubble boy1598

ghillie1603

codling1612

cuba1616

skippera1616

man-boy1637

sprig1646

callow1651

halflang1660

stubbed boy1683

gossoon1684

gilpie1718

stirraha1722

young lion1792

halfling1794

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young man1810

sixteener1824

señorito1843

tad1845

boysie1846

shaveling1854

ephebe1880

boychick1921

lightie1946

young blood1967

studmuffin1986

1810 D. L. Dodge Let. 29 Oct. in Relig. Instructor Oct. 79 $100 received from the Young Men's Society.

1846 W. Arthur (title) The extent and the moral statistics of the British Empire. A lecture, delivered before the Young Men's Christian Association, in the Literary Institution, Leicester-Square.

1858 Phytologist Jan. 320 The Windsor-street Young Men's Society.

1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 199 A Young Men's Mutual Improvement, and all the rest of it, Society.

1916 R. Crawford Immigrant in St. Louis 64 The Young Men's Christian Association..have a representative meet the newcomers at the station and safeguard them to their relatives and friends.

1938 Washington Post 20 Sept. 15/3 Chairman of the Virginia Young Men's Association.

1994 W. Farrell Myth Male Power (rev. ed.) ix. 153 A Chicago woman..burned down the Young Men's Jewish Council.

†3. A male servant or attendant, esp. in a royal or noble household; = yeoman n. 1a, 1b. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > boy or man attending on person of high rank

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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds v. 10 The ȝonge men [L. iuvenes] entrynge founden hir deed, and thei baren out, and birieden to hir hosebonde.

c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. iii. l. 207 Emperours..Þorw ȝiftes han ȝonge men [v.rr. ȝemen, ȝimmen c1400 B text ȝoumen] to renne and to ride.

c1410 (c1350) Gamelyn (Harl. 7334) l. 793 [He] seide to his ȝonge men ‘Dighteþ ȝow ȝare’.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 291/1 Yongman a servaunt, ualeton.

1541–2 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 10 §6 in Statutes of Realm III. 842 Any servantes comonly called yongemen [v.r. Yeomen] or gromes.

1611 G. Chapman May-day ii. 23 I was comming to you in the morning when your yong man came to me.

4. In Galway: a member of a company or guild of men with official responsibility for acting as the town guard or militia. Now rare (historical in later use).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > specific officials in Ireland

young man1577

warder1617

stamp-master1712

1577 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep., App. Pt. V in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4576-I) XLII. App. v. 447 This indenture, made..betwixt William Halloran, yongman, and..Edmond Ffrench.

c1643 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 493 The Captaine of the Youngmen.

1820 J. Hardiman Hist. Galway ii. 212 In 1611, the ‘young men’ obtained a charter from the corporation, instituting them a body politic of themselves... Their ‘captain’ was privileged to sit next the sheriffs... They were also exempted from paying taxes; in consideration of which, they were bound to keep watch and ward.

1894 M. A. M. Marks Thorough vi. 60 There was Mr. Edmond Kirwan fitz-Patrick, burgess of Galway, and Mr. Martin Kirwan, Captain of the young men.

1942 M. D. O'Sullivan Old Galway i. iv. 109 Hitherto the defence of the place had been solely in the hands of the ‘young men’ or urban militia.

5. Chiefly with possessive: a person's male lover or sweetheart; a boyfriend; a fiancé. Cf. young lady n. 2, young woman n. 2. Now somewhat dated or historical.In quot. 1589: a bridegroom.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > male lover

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1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxvi. 41 The skreeking & outcry of the young damosell [sc. on the marriage night] feeling the first forces of her stiffe & rigorous young man.

1741 S. Richardson Lett. Particular Friends lxix. 98 I suppose your young Man does not intend to marry you, without a Fortune.

1835 Atkinson's Casket May 292 Priscilla Prim, (the girl I hate), Goes by with her young man.

1887 G. R. Sims Mary Jane's Mem. iv And cook she shouted ‘Murder!’ too, and asked us..to spare his life, as it was only her young man.

1949 F. Towers Tea with Mr. Rochester (1952) 13 Violet's young man had thrown her over.

1971 J. Stewart Last Cool Days 63 You are a pretty girl, Betty. Do you have a young man?

2002 W. Woodruff Road to Nab End (2003) 114 My sister's young man Gordon Weall was a proper clown.

Phrases

In various proverbs and proverbial expressions (often contrasted with old man). better to be an old man's darling than a young man's slave and variants: see old man's darling n. at old man n. Phrases 1.

a1250 (?c1200) Prov. Alfred (Maidstone) (1955) 84 Sholde nefre ȝungman [a1300 Jesus Oxf. yongmon] ȝyuen him to iuele.

a1450 (?c1430) J. Lydgate Daunce Machabree (Huntington) (1931) l. 592 (MED) As sone dyeth a ȝonge man as an olde.

a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. ii. sig. F.v^v As the younge man maye happe sometime to die soone, so y^e olde man can neuer liue long.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. iii. 295 A yong man maried, is a man that's mard.

1732 T. Fuller Gnomologia 19 A young Man negligent, an old Man necessitous.

1838 Natchez (Mississippi) Courier 29 Nov. 2/4 There was never a more veritable saying, than that young men may die, but old men must.

1891 O. Wilde Picture of Dorian Gray ii. 44 Young men want to be faithful and are not; old men want to be faithless and cannot.

1940 H. W. Thompson Body, Boots & Britches xix. 485 The typical Yorker has always felt contempt for those who were ‘able to work but not willin'’... ‘A young man idle and an old man needy.’

1961 J. F. Bender How to sell Well vii. 91 The young salesman who organizes his territory—and works it economically—fulfills the adage that ‘an old young man will be a young old man.’

2004 Irish News (Nexis) 5 Mar. 8 All young men think old men are fools but old men know from experience that young men are.

Derivatives

ˌyoung-ˈmanhood n. †(a) youthful valour (obsolete); (b) the state or fact of being a young man; the period of one's life when one is a young man.

ΘΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > manliness > [noun] > the valour befitting a young man

young-manhooda1500

the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun] > state or quality of

young-manhood1631

hobbledehoyhood1836

hobbledehoyism1837

young-mannishness1851

hobbledehoydom1876

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 134 Ther-as thay hath..stowtly demenet ham-Selfe in grete yonge-man-hode.

1631 E. Reeve Christian Divinitie xcii. 343 In the Christian Religion there is a childhood, a yong manhood, and a fatherhood, or old age.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Age Young man-hood continues nineteen yeers, that is, from two and twenty to forty one.

1784 R. Bage Barham Downs I. 19 Eight of the first years of my young-man-hood.

1875 A. C. Swinburne Let. 21 Feb. (1919) I. 187 One must..jump from little-boyhood into young-manhood.

1925 S. Lewis Arrowsmith xxvii. 303 His sister's sons—on home-craving vacations he had seen them, in babyhood, in boyhood, in ruffling youngmanhood—went out with the Kaiser's colors in 1914.

2007 Vibe (Nexis) Oct. His ascent into young-man-hood.

ˌyoung-ˈmanlike adv. now rare

ΚΠ

1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Tj^v He went in freshe apparell, yong man like.

1863 Mrs. H. Wood Castle's Heir xviii. 154/2 Young-man-like, he had no objection to a spice of adventure.

1900 J. R. Adamson Hidden Scar i. 6 Young-manlike, Martin took particular notice of her appearance as she busied about.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	young man
释义	young mann. Brit. /ˌjʌŋ ˈman/, U.S. /ˌjəŋ ˈmæn/ Inflections: Plural young men. Forms: see young adj. and man n.¹; also early Middle English hwungman (probably transmission error), late Middle English ȝang man (probably transmission error). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: young adj., man n.¹ Etymology: < young adj. + man n.¹ Compare established uses of similar expressions in specific meanings in other Germanic languages: Dutch jonkman young man, bachelor (16th cent. in Kiliaan), Middle Low German juncmann male adolescent, junior seaman, Old High German juncman male adolescent (Middle High German juncmann young man, young lord, German Jungmann young male member of an organization, junior seaman), Old Icelandic ungmaðr young man (rare), ungmenni young people collectively. Compare young woman n. and old man n. With sense 2c compare slightly earlier younker n. 2b and youngster n. 2. With senses 3 and 4 compare yeoman n. I. With sense 5 compare slightly earlier young lady n. 2.Also written as one word, especially in the early modern period. 1. a. A man who is young; an adolescent or young adult male.angry young man: see the first element. ΘΠ 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 OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1900) II. 314 Eadmundes swurdbora hit rehte Æþelstane cynincge þa þa Dunstan iung man wæs. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1052 Rodberd..& Vlf..ofslogon & elles amyrdon manige iunge men. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 69 Ðies ȝunge mann ȝiede a-wei sari. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 191 A ȝung mon [c1300 Otho ȝong mon] of þriti ȝeren. a1300 in M. R. James Catal. MSS Gonville & Caius Coll., Cambr. (1908) II. 415 (MED) Þeys bet ȝe þre þat god for les: Holdman Gytles [read wytles], Yongman recheles, Womman sameles. c1390 (?c1350) Joseph of Arimathie (1871) l. 437 Þou weore a ȝong mon in þi grete strengþe. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 13 (MED) A ȝong man..went oute on a tyme of a schippe for to refresch him. 1486 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 47 If this slaunderous report come to the eers of some yongmen of the blode that he is of. 1575 G. Gascoigne Glasse of Gouernem. i. v. sig. Cii^v I saw a frosty bearded scholemaster instructing of four lusty young men. 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 137 Young men in the Conduct..of Actions embrace more then they can hold. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 278 When Young-men find themselves all of a sudden advanc'd to so great power. 1703 Poor Robin sig. C7 Maids are pretty Toys for Youngmen to play withal. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. x. 130 Young Men are too opinionative and volatile to be guided by the sober Dictates of their Seniors. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1778 II. 265 Johnson: If a young man is wild, and must run after women and bad company. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xiv. 167 Abel has not been brought up like the run of young men. 1895 Semi-weekly Cedar Falls (Iowa) Gaz. 18 June One-fifth of the young men who will graduate this month have worked their way through college, in whole or in part. 1920 E. Wharton Age of Innocence i. iii. 19 Newland Archer, as became a young man of his position, strolled in somewhat late. 1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman ii. 24 He seems to me an excessively foolish young man, but he cannot be such a saphead as that! 1967 R. McGough in A. Henri et al. Mersey Sound 91 Let me die a youngman's death not a clean & inbetween the sheets holywater death. 2000 A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 276 Pimpy-looking young men in suits and patent leather shoes. b. As a form of address, esp. when expressing a reproof or warning.Sometimes with patronizing connotations, and now often used by an adult to a boy. Π OE tr. Apollonius of Tyre (1958) v. 6 Beseah ða mid irlicum andwlitan to him and cwæð: ‘Ðu iunga man [L. iuvenis], þu eart feor fram rihte.’ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 303 Sey me, ȝonge man, was þy moder ever in Rome? 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 1826 (MED) ‘Ȝung man,’ quod ioachym, ‘I wyl trewly Telle þe now euen lyk as yt is.’ ?1552 V. Leigh Pleasaunt Playne & Pythye Pathewaye sig. A.i^v God thancke you younge man, sayde he. 1675 Woman turn'd Bully ii. ii. 30 Now, young man, give it me, and fill it lustily. a1743 J. Cannon Chrons. (2010) I. 76 He said Young Man, is nothing on the ground (pointing thereto) belonging to you? 1785 T. Holcroft Choleric Fathers iii. 61 Stand where you are, young man. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. i. 14 ‘Words avail very little with me, young man,’ said my father. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. vii. 64 You had better provide yourself with another situation, young man. 1906 W. McCay in Little Nemo 1905–14 (2000) 38/4 You yell like that again, young man, and I'll lam you good. 1926 A. Conan Doyle Land of Mist xiv. 244 I must go, for I have much to do... But be of good heart, young man. 1994 H. C. Sisson in H. C. Sisson & D. W. Rowe Coots, Codgers & Curmudgeons 2 I am informing you here and now, young man, that the licking you are going to get from me will make your go-rounds with little Billie feel like a Sunday school picnic. 2010 Jewish Chron. 15 Oct. 8/3 It's time you grew up, young man. You are in the big boys' court and get big boys' sentences. 2. spec. uses of sense 1a. †a. In Anglo-Saxon England: a male youth, esp. a bondsman, who is not yet capable of working fully to the capacity expected of a man. Obsolete.Only in Old English. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [noun] > slave theowc893 thrallc950 young manOE slavec1290 boyc1300 servanta1325 bondc1330 bondmana1340 manciplea1387 man's-bond?a1400 thrillc1480 thrillmanc1480 serf1483 bondservant1535 bondslave1561 bondling1587 slave-boy1607 slave-labourer1607 chattel1649 bondsman1713 livestock1755 esne1819 thirl-man1871 task-labourer1897 OE Will of Æðelgifu (Sawyer 1497) in D. Whitelock Will of Æthelgifu (1968) 15 Bogan hire preoste finde him mon of þære lafe anne gionne mannan, gif þær sy; gif ne, selle mon of Offanlege ane cu. lOE Rec. Gifts of Bp. Æðelwold to Peterborough (Sawyer 1448) in S. E. Kelly Charters of Peterborough Abbey (2009) 324 Þonne is æt Farresheafde xvi weorcwurðe men & viii iunge men. b. A male youth employed as an apprentice, assistant, messenger, etc. Usually with possessive. Now chiefly archaic or historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > employee > young young man1608 1608 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 214 No younge man, journamen nor prentice. 1652 G. Fidge Eng. Gusman 4 Allen seeing his young man in a Study took him aside, saying, I would have you be as my companion and friend, and not as a servant. 1722 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack 77 The Master of the Youth was it seems so very thankful that his young Man was not knock'd down before he paid the rest of the Money, (which was above 100 l. more) to the Goldsmith..that he made no great Noise at the Loss he had; and..only warn'd his Prentice to be more careful. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 116. ⁋11 The term of Young Man, with which I was sometimes honoured, as I carried a parcel to the door of a coach, tortured my imagination. 1790 Scots Mag. Aug. 377/2 The doctor who managed the affair would not admit of more than five persons in the secret..and O'Donnel and Tector had been told of it before I saw you; and they, with the doctor, his young man, and a person be brought with him, made the five. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 9 She discovers..that Mr. Todd's young man over the way, is..taking down his master's shutters. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxiv. 308 Mr. Bowls's young man..brought him his hot water to shave that beard which he was so anxiously expecting. 1887 G. R. Sims Mary Jane's Mem. vi While the grocer's young man was waiting inside for orders. 1922 A. A. Milne Mr. Pim vi. 120 ‘Thank you, thank you,’ said Mr. Pim, and raised his hat to the grocer's young man, who grinned, ‘Not at all, sir,’ and went back to his biscuits. 1972 P. O'Brian Post Captain vi. 154 Mr G sent me his young man to say he had thought better of my project of translating Boursicot. †c. Nautical colloquial. A junior member of a ship's crew; cf. youngster n. 2. In quot. 1799: (probably) a midshipman in the Royal Navy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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 1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good ii. i. 155 A blacke Gust is comming: vp a-low-there hey: A young-man vp toth Top-mast-head, and looke-out. 1671 J. Baltharpe Straights Voy. 48 Upon our Main-topgallant-mast-head, A young-man did a Jack-Flag spread. 1799 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) IV. 82 The first act of my command was to name Sidney Smith's First Lieutenant to the death-vacancy of Captain Miller. I have placed two of his young men in Gun-boats. d. In plural. With capital initials. In the names of societies or associations for young men.With Young Men's Christian Association cf. YMCA n. at Y n. Initialisms. ΘΠ 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 1810 D. L. Dodge Let. 29 Oct. in Relig. Instructor Oct. 79 $100 received from the Young Men's Society. 1846 W. Arthur (title) The extent and the moral statistics of the British Empire. A lecture, delivered before the Young Men's Christian Association, in the Literary Institution, Leicester-Square. 1858 Phytologist Jan. 320 The Windsor-street Young Men's Society. 1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 199 A Young Men's Mutual Improvement, and all the rest of it, Society. 1916 R. Crawford Immigrant in St. Louis 64 The Young Men's Christian Association..have a representative meet the newcomers at the station and safeguard them to their relatives and friends. 1938 Washington Post 20 Sept. 15/3 Chairman of the Virginia Young Men's Association. 1994 W. Farrell Myth Male Power (rev. ed.) ix. 153 A Chicago woman..burned down the Young Men's Jewish Council. †3. A male servant or attendant, esp. in a royal or noble household; = yeoman n. 1a, 1b. Obsolete. ΘΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > boy or man attending on person of high rank pagec1300 henchman1377 young manc1384 henchboya1512 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds v. 10 The ȝonge men [L. iuvenes] entrynge founden hir deed, and thei baren out, and birieden to hir hosebonde. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. iii. l. 207 Emperours..Þorw ȝiftes han ȝonge men [v.rr. ȝemen, ȝimmen c1400 B text ȝoumen] to renne and to ride. c1410 (c1350) Gamelyn (Harl. 7334) l. 793 [He] seide to his ȝonge men ‘Dighteþ ȝow ȝare’. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 291/1 Yongman a servaunt, ualeton. 1541–2 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 10 §6 in Statutes of Realm III. 842 Any servantes comonly called yongemen [v.r. Yeomen] or gromes. 1611 G. Chapman May-day ii. 23 I was comming to you in the morning when your yong man came to me. 4. In Galway: a member of a company or guild of men with official responsibility for acting as the town guard or militia. Now rare (historical in later use). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > specific officials in Ireland young man1577 warder1617 stamp-master1712 1577 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep., App. Pt. V in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4576-I) XLII. App. v. 447 This indenture, made..betwixt William Halloran, yongman, and..Edmond Ffrench. c1643 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 493 The Captaine of the Youngmen. 1820 J. Hardiman Hist. Galway ii. 212 In 1611, the ‘young men’ obtained a charter from the corporation, instituting them a body politic of themselves... Their ‘captain’ was privileged to sit next the sheriffs... They were also exempted from paying taxes; in consideration of which, they were bound to keep watch and ward. 1894 M. A. M. Marks Thorough vi. 60 There was Mr. Edmond Kirwan fitz-Patrick, burgess of Galway, and Mr. Martin Kirwan, Captain of the young men. 1942 M. D. O'Sullivan Old Galway i. iv. 109 Hitherto the defence of the place had been solely in the hands of the ‘young men’ or urban militia. 5. Chiefly with possessive: a person's male lover or sweetheart; a boyfriend; a fiancé. Cf. young lady n. 2, young woman n. 2. Now somewhat dated or historical.In quot. 1589: a bridegroom. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > male lover servantc1405 specialc1425 servitorc1450 love-lad1586 young man1589 inamorato1592 swainc1592 gentleman friend1667 enamorado1677 spark1707 beau?1720 Johnny1726 man friend1736 feller1842 novio1843 soupirant1849 fella1874 man1874 fellow1878 square-pusher1890 stud1895 papa1896 lover mana1905 boyfriend1906 daddy1912 lover-boy1925 sheikh1925 sweetback1929 sweet man1942 older man1951 boyf1990 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxvi. 41 The skreeking & outcry of the young damosell [sc. on the marriage night] feeling the first forces of her stiffe & rigorous young man. 1741 S. Richardson Lett. Particular Friends lxix. 98 I suppose your young Man does not intend to marry you, without a Fortune. 1835 Atkinson's Casket May 292 Priscilla Prim, (the girl I hate), Goes by with her young man. 1887 G. R. Sims Mary Jane's Mem. iv And cook she shouted ‘Murder!’ too, and asked us..to spare his life, as it was only her young man. 1949 F. Towers Tea with Mr. Rochester (1952) 13 Violet's young man had thrown her over. 1971 J. Stewart Last Cool Days 63 You are a pretty girl, Betty. Do you have a young man? 2002 W. Woodruff Road to Nab End (2003) 114 My sister's young man Gordon Weall was a proper clown. Phrases In various proverbs and proverbial expressions (often contrasted with old man). better to be an old man's darling than a young man's slave and variants: see old man's darling n. at old man n. Phrases 1. Π a1250 (?c1200) Prov. Alfred (Maidstone) (1955) 84 Sholde nefre ȝungman [a1300 Jesus Oxf. yongmon] ȝyuen him to iuele. a1450 (?c1430) J. Lydgate Daunce Machabree (Huntington) (1931) l. 592 (MED) As sone dyeth a ȝonge man as an olde. a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. ii. sig. F.v^v As the younge man maye happe sometime to die soone, so y^e olde man can neuer liue long. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. iii. 295 A yong man maried, is a man that's mard. View more context for this quotation 1732 T. Fuller Gnomologia 19 A young Man negligent, an old Man necessitous. 1838 Natchez (Mississippi) Courier 29 Nov. 2/4 There was never a more veritable saying, than that young men may die, but old men must. 1891 O. Wilde Picture of Dorian Gray ii. 44 Young men want to be faithful and are not; old men want to be faithless and cannot. 1940 H. W. Thompson Body, Boots & Britches xix. 485 The typical Yorker has always felt contempt for those who were ‘able to work but not willin'’... ‘A young man idle and an old man needy.’ 1961 J. F. Bender How to sell Well vii. 91 The young salesman who organizes his territory—and works it economically—fulfills the adage that ‘an old young man will be a young old man.’ 2004 Irish News (Nexis) 5 Mar. 8 All young men think old men are fools but old men know from experience that young men are. Derivatives ˌyoung-ˈmanhood n. †(a) youthful valour (obsolete); (b) the state or fact of being a young man; the period of one's life when one is a young man. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > courage > manliness > [noun] > the valour befitting a young man young-manhooda1500 the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun] > state or quality of young-manhood1631 hobbledehoyhood1836 hobbledehoyism1837 young-mannishness1851 hobbledehoydom1876 a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 134 Ther-as thay hath..stowtly demenet ham-Selfe in grete yonge-man-hode. 1631 E. Reeve Christian Divinitie xcii. 343 In the Christian Religion there is a childhood, a yong manhood, and a fatherhood, or old age. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Age Young man-hood continues nineteen yeers, that is, from two and twenty to forty one. 1784 R. Bage Barham Downs I. 19 Eight of the first years of my young-man-hood. 1875 A. C. Swinburne Let. 21 Feb. (1919) I. 187 One must..jump from little-boyhood into young-manhood. 1925 S. Lewis Arrowsmith xxvii. 303 His sister's sons—on home-craving vacations he had seen them, in babyhood, in boyhood, in ruffling youngmanhood—went out with the Kaiser's colors in 1914. 2007 Vibe (Nexis) Oct. His ascent into young-man-hood. ˌyoung-ˈmanlike adv. now rare ΚΠ 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Tj^v He went in freshe apparell, yong man like. 1863 Mrs. H. Wood Castle's Heir xviii. 154/2 Young-man-like, he had no objection to a spice of adventure. 1900 J. R. Adamson Hidden Scar i. 6 Young-manlike, Martin took particular notice of her appearance as she busied about. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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