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padawans

padawans is the plural of padawan.

Meaning of padawan

Noun

padawan (plural padawans)

  1. An apprentice or student Jedi.
    • Just as Plato requires a training program that combines physical and mental skills, so does Yoda. The training you'll receive will probably be similar to the training young Luke Skywalker receives from Yoda, since you're probably nearer his age than younger padawans. Throughout his training, Luke...2005, Judith Barad, “The Aspiring Jedi’s Handbook of Virtue”, in Kevin S. Decker, Jason T. Eberl, editors, Star Wars and Philosophy: More Powerful than You Can Possibly Imagine (Popular Culture and...
  2. (broadly, humorous) Any apprentice or student.
    • It is impossible for you to create this application using only the techniques you learned in the first two chapters, so read on young padawan!2001, Joseph P. Russell, Java Programming for the Absolute Beginner (For the Absolute Beginner series), Roseville, Calif.: Prima Tech, →ISBN, page 57

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Noun capitalized: Padawans

Padawans

  1. (plural) plural of Padawan

Questions about padawans

What is padawans the plural of?
Padawans is the plural of padawan.
What part of speech is padawans?
Padawans is a noun.

Words near padawans in the dictionary

  1. padauk
  2. padauks
  3. Padaung
  4. Padaungs
  5. padawan
  6. padawans
  7. padayatra
  8. padayatras
  9. Padborg
  10. Padbury
  11. paddability

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