yong man

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === ȝongman, ȝong man, ȝoung man, ȝung man, yongge man hwungman, iungman, ȝunch mon (Early Middle English); ȝeng man, yungman (East Anglia); ȝunge manne (Promptorium Parvulorum) giung man, ȝohng man, yhung man (Northern); ȝungmane, yhong man (Early Scots) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English ġeong mann; by surface analysis, yong (“young”) +‎ man (“man”). Compare yeman. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjunɡ ˌman/, /ˈjuːnɡ ˌman/ === Noun === yong man (plural yonge men) A young man or youth; a man in his youth. An attendant or retainer of a noble. A term of address to a young man (rare) A novice in a religious order. ==== Descendants ==== English: young man Middle Scots: ȝong man, ȝoung man Scots: young man ==== References ==== “yǒng man, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “ȝo(u)ng man, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.