What is fledgling?

More definitions of "fledgling":

• (adj): Of a young bird just having acquired its flight feathers.
  Example: "A fledgling robin"
  Synonyms: fledgeling

• (noun): Any new participant in some activity.
  Synonyms: newcomer, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, newbie, entrant

• (adj): Young and inexperienced.
  Example: "A fledgling enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"
  Synonyms: unfledged

Famous quotes containing the word fledgling:

“If in a shimmering room the babies came,
Drawn close by dreams of fledgling wing,
It was because night nursed them in its fold.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)