youths
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Youth \Youth\ ([=u]th), n.; pl. Youths ([=u]ths; 264) or collectively Youth. [OE. youthe, youh[thorn]e, [yogh]uhe[eth]e, [yogh]uwe[eth]e, [yogh]eo[yogh]e[eth]e, AS. geogu[eth], geogo[eth]; akin to OS. jugu[eth], D. jeugd, OHG. jugund, G. jugend, Goth. junda. [root]281. See Young.] [1913 Webster]
1.The quality or state of being young; youthfulness; juvenility. "In my flower of youth." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Such as in his face Youth smiled celestial.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
2.The part of life that succeeds to childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to manhood. [1913 Webster]
He wondered that your lordship Would suffer him to spend his youth at home.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Those who pass their youth in vice are justly condemned to spend their age in folly.— Rambler.[1913 Webster]
3.A young person; especially, a young man. [1913 Webster]
Seven youths from Athens yearly sent.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
4.Young persons, collectively. [1913 Webster]
It is fit to read the best authors to youth first.— B. Jonson.[1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]