stripling Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
    teen; teenager; adolescent.

WordNet

Strip"ling noun
Etymology
Dim. of strip; as if a small strip from the main stock or steam.
Definitions
  1. A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad.
    Inquire thou whose son the stripling is. 1 Sam. xvii. 56.

Webster 1913