fledgling
noun/ˈfledʒlɪŋ/
/ˈfledʒlɪŋ/
(British English also fledgeling)
- a young bird that has just learnt to fly
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- (usually before another noun) a person, an organization or a system that is new and without experience
- fledgling democracies
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from the obsolete adjective fledge ‘ready to fly’, from Old English, of Germanic origin; on the pattern of nestling.
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