youngman

== English == === Etymology === From young +‎ man. Possible doublet of yeoman. === Noun === youngman (plural youngmen) Obsolete form of young man. (dated, gay slang) A younger lover or sexual partner. 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I want him to love me, accept me—all of me. Let me be his youngman. ==== Usage notes ==== In sense 1 now typically a scanno or an error by a non-native speaker. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:youngman.