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Definition of Fledgling

1. Adjective. (of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers. "A fledgling robin"

2. Noun. Any new participant in some activity.

3. Adjective. Young and inexperienced. "An unfledged lawyer"

4. Noun. Young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying.

Definition of Fledgling

1. Adjective. untried or inexperienced ¹

2. Noun. (literally) A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings). ¹

3. Noun. (figuratively) An immature, naïve and/or inexperienced person. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fledgling

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fledgling

flecks flecky flection flectional flections fled fledge fledged fledgeless fledgeling

fledgeling(a) fledges fledgier fledgiest fledging fledgling fledgling(a) fledglings fledgy flee

fleece fleece worm fleeceable fleeced fleeceless fleecer fleecers fleeces fleech fleeched

Literary usage of Fledgling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1916)
"POEMS THE Fledgling The fire is nearly out, The lamp is nearly out. The room is untidy after the long day. I am here, unhappy, Longing to leave the hearth, ..."

2. A Fourth Reader by Clarence Franklin Carroll, Sarah Catherine Brooks (1911)
"OUR FRIEND, THE Fledgling I have a friend who- is a lover of nature, and together we have made many journeys to quiet places about home, and have learned ..."

3. The Carter Intermediate Readers by Anna H. Carter (1914)
"OUR FRIEND, THE Fledgling woodfolk pebbles fledgling flitting whir shy I have a friend who is a lover of the open meadow and shady glen, of the noisy brook ..."

4. The Carter Intermediate Readers: Book One- by Anna H. Carter, Sarah C. Brooks (1914)
"... THE Fledgling 1 woodfolk pebbles fledgling flitting whir shy I have a friend who is a lover of the open meadow and shady glen, of the noisy brook and ..."

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