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learnling

learnling noun: one who learns; pupil; student; apprentice.

Noun

learnling (plural learnlings)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) One who learns; pupil; student; apprentice
    • So faulty was his knowledge that to this day impotent learnlings, who have drowned their little souls in printer's ink, find a cheap pleasure in holding up to ridicule the "ignorance," the "lack of system," the "fallacies and errors," of this man who was all heart; smiling contemptuously, too...1891, William Nicholas Hailmann, Sketches from the History of Education
    • Perchance in upland pastures there may stray
      Some learnling of the elder fold, to teach [...]1913, The Harvard Graduates' Magazine, volume 21

Forms of learnling

plurallearnlings

Origin of learnling

From learn + -ling. Compare West Frisian learling (“pupil”), German Lehrling (“apprentice”), Norwegian lærling (“trainee; apprentice”).

Questions about learnling

What does learnling mean?
Learnling means one who learns; pupil; student; apprentice.
What part of speech is learnling?
Learnling is a noun.
What is the plural of learnling?
The plural of learnling is learnlings.

Words near learnling in the dictionary

  1. learning-knight
  2. learning-knights
  3. learningless
  4. learnings
  5. learnless
  6. learnling
  7. learnlings
  8. learns
  9. learns Chinese
  10. learns from experience
  11. learns one's lesson

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