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YOUNG MAN

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• YOUNG MAN (noun)
The noun YOUNG MAN has 2 senses:

1. a teenager or a young adult male
2. a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman

Familiarity information: YOUNG MAN used as a noun is rare.

• YOUNG MAN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A teenager or a young adult male

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

young buck; young man

Hypernyms ("young man" is a kind of...):

adolescent; stripling; teen; teenager (a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity)

adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

beau; boyfriend; swain; young man; fellow

Context example:

if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked

Hypernyms ("young man" is a kind of...):

lover (a person who loves or is loved)

adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))

"He who pays the piper calls the tune."
(English proverb)
"A mountain doesn't reach out to mountain, (but) a man is reaching out to a man."
(Afghanistan proverb)
"Nice guys finish last."
(American proverb)
"Don't sell the fur before shooting the bear."
(Danish proverb)

Useful links:
Pronunciation of lover
Meaning of adult male
Pronunciation of man
Meaning of man
Pronunciation of teen

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