† puber Obs.
(ˈpjuːbə(r))
[a. L. pūber, also pūbēs, -er-em adj., that has attained puberty, as n. a youth, f. pūbēs pubes.]
A youth; one who is between the age of puberty and maturity.
| c 1315 Shoreham i. 1742 Hy beþ icliped puberes, Þat hys a word of lawe. 1545 Records of Elgin (New Spald. Cl. 1903) I. 86 Thomas Young, puber. |