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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

A man shaved; hence, a monk, or other religious; – used in contempt.

I am no longer a

shaveling

than while my frock is on my back.

Sir W. Scott.

Noun.

A man shaved; a friar or religious; in contempt.

shaveling ‎(plural shavelings) (shāv'ling)

Someone with all or part of their head shaved, notably a tonsured clergyman; often used as a derogatory comment directed at priests or monks.
A shaver, stripling, young man physically ripe enough to shave.

Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967