Synonyms:
child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small_fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
Meaning: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
Usage examples
"And the fat youngster?"
You see, when I was a little youngster, and--"
'Now, major, what do you think of this youngster?
"Poor, ignorant devils!" sympathetically sighed the youngster.
'The master wants you to let the youngster come up with me now and speak to him.'
"In those days, when a youngster joined a regiment, he was not expected to express himself on military matters until he had some little experience.
The youngster had been sent to clean the riding-boots of one of the bachelors, instead of which he had lolled idly on a cot in the dormitory, until he had at last fallen asleep.
The effect of his indifference began to extend itself to the other spectators; and a youngster, who was just quitting the condition of a boy to enter the state of manhood, attempted to assist the termagant, by flourishing his tomahawk before their victim, and adding his empty boasts to the taunts of the women.