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Definition of Shaveling
1. n. A man shaved; hence, a monk, or other religious; -- used in contempt.
Definition of Shaveling
1. Noun. Someone with all or part of their head shaved, notably a tonsured clergyman; often used as a derogatory comment directed at priests or monks. ¹
2. Noun. A shaver, stripling, young man physically ripe enough to shave. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shaveling
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shaveling
Literary usage of Shaveling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Becket by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson (1884)
"And that too, perjured prelate—and that, turncoat shaveling ! There, there, there !
traitor, traitor, traitor ! BECKET. Mannerless wolves ! ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"shaveling, s. A term of contempt for a monk, because their heads were shaved.
... Pope Alexander VI who was ras [a shaveling] wae poisoned by another ras [a ..."
3. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1893)
"He told us that when he was teaching in a public school, he had what he called
a shaveling manual of religious instruction. He told us that he used the ..."
4. The Metropolitan (1849)
"His ghost appeared to our young friend; the brother shaveling took this as a sign
... shaveling obtained full powers; committed them to our young Christian, ..."
5. The Road in Tuscany: A Commentary by Maurice Henry Hewlett (1904)
"Here, for instance, in poor shaveling Francis, is his woeful first attempt—poor
shaveling Francis of the broody eye, drawn mouth, and little chin, ..."