noun
youngster
YUHNGS-tuh
noun
1
A child or young person.
"A group of youngsters played football in the park."
"The museum has a whole section aimed at youngsters."
How to Use Youngster
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA young person, usually a child or teenager.
Common pairings
a bunch of youngsters
local youngsters
Word Forms
youngsters plural
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Etymology
Built from young plus the suffix -ster, which forms nouns naming a type of person; first recorded in the early 1600s.