The meaning of FLEDGLING is a young bird just fledged. How to use fledgling in a sentence.

You use fledgling to describe a person, organization, or system that is new or without experience. ...the sound practical advice he gave to fledgling writers. ...the editorial director at a fledgling …

(Definition of fledgling from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

FLEDGLING meaning: 1 : a young bird that has just become able to fly; 2 : someone or something that is getting started in a new activity usually used before another noun

Definition of fledgling noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Define fledgling. fledgling synonyms, fledgling pronunciation, fledgling translation, English dictionary definition of fledgling. also fledge·ling n. 1. A young bird that has left the nest and …

fledgling, n. & adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

Dec 14, 2025 · (figuratively) An immature, naïve or inexperienced person. “ fledgeling ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

If you're not talking about a baby bird, fledgling is often used as an adjective describing a new participant in something, like a fledgling senator still learning the ropes of how to legislate, or a …

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