fledgling
fledg·ling
adjective
1.
2.
young and inexperienced
- “a fledgling enterprise”
- “a fledgling skier”
- “an unfledged lawyer”
noun
1.
any new participant in some activity
Origin
From fledge (“prepare for flying”) + -ling.
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