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youngman

youngman noun: a younger lover or sexual partner. Also the obsolete form of young man.

Noun

youngman (plural youngmen)

  1. (dated, slang) A younger lover or sexual partner.
    • There's a youngman staring at him. And now a man cruising which one? Johnny. In a hollow bowl created by the drooping branches of the trees, the man goes down on Johnny. Thirty-two! Johnny counts, waiting anxiously for the youngman also to touch his cock so he can count 33 in rapid succession.1967, Johnny Rechy, Numbers, page 247
    • I want him to love me, accept me—all of me. Let me be his youngman.1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure

Proper noun capitalized: Youngman

Youngman (plural Youngmans)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

youngman is also the obsolete form of young man.

Forms of youngman

Noun
pluralyoungmen
Proper noun
pluralYoungmans

Origin of youngman

From young + man. Possible doublet of yeoman.

Words formed from youngman

Questions about youngman

What does youngman mean?
Youngman means a younger lover or sexual partner.
What part of speech is youngman?
Youngman can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of youngman?
The plural of youngman is youngmen.

Words near youngman in the dictionary

  1. youngling
  2. younglings
  3. Younglove
  4. Youngloves
  5. youngly
  6. youngman
  7. Youngmans
  8. youngmen
  9. youngness
  10. youngnesses
  11. youngon

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