# shaveling

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Someone with all or part of their head shaved, notably a tonsured clergyman; a priest or monk.
2. A shaver, stripling, young man physically mature enough to shave.

## Etymology
From shave + -ling.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shaveling