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YOUNG MAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A teenager or a young adult male
Synonyms:
young buck; young man
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("young man" is a kind of...):
adolescent; stripling; teen; teenager (a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity)
adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))
Context examples:
But how did the young man, Negore?
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
It must be confessed, however, that the case looks exceedingly grave against the young man, and it is very possible that he is indeed the culprit.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She would save this raw young man who had come so far.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
“Ah! He has got a partner; I wish he had asked you,” said Mrs. Allen; and after a short silence, she added, “he is a very agreeable young man.”
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
“This is where the young man’s body lay,” said he, indicating a spot about three feet from the metals.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Oh! Captain Benwick is very well, I believe, but he is a very odd young man.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
In the meantime the father was uneasy, and could not tell what made the young men stay so long.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
“Come to the pollis!” said the young man.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
“He is just what a young man ought to be,” said she, “sensible, good-humoured, lively; and I never saw such happy manners!—so much ease, with such perfect good breeding!”
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
To this, of course, I assented, and the young man withdrew.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
