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Definition of "young person" [young person]

  • A young person (especially a young man or boy) (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "young person" in a sentence
  • "On inquiry, he was told that this young person was Miss Milbanke, an only child, and one of the largest heiresses in England."
  • "Rutherford's eyes narrowed on the young person beside her."
  • "I got acquainted at the Chasattes with some other boarders and their friends, and among the rest, with a young person of fourteen, called Mademoiselle Serre, whom I did not much notice at that time, though I was in love with her eight or nine years afterwards, and with great reason, for she was a most charming girl."