youth

Definitions

General English

  • noun a young man
  • noun a period when you are young, especially the time between being a child and being an adult

Law

  • noun a young person

Slang

  • noun a young hero, young gangster or, still in the singular form, young people in general. A specialised usage of the standard English term, it is often pronounced ‘yoot’.
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