shaveling

英 ['ʃeɪvlɪŋ] 美
  • n. 和尚；剃光头发的人；小伙子
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英文词源

shaveling (n.)
contemptuous term for a friar, literally "shaven person," 1520s, from shave + -ling. "Very common in 16th and 17th c." [OED]. Also as an adjective (1570s).