Padawan n.
in the fictional universe of the Star Wars franchise: an apprentice Jedi; also (often humorously) in extended and allusive use: a youthful, naive, or untrained person
Frequently in young Padawan, esp. as a form of address.
[perh. suggested by padwar, a rank in the Martian military roughly equivalent to a lieutenant, in the Barsoom series of Edgar Rice Burroughs]
Star Wars
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1973 Journal of Whills (MS draft) in L. Dowling Star Wars Year by Year (2010) 29/1
George Lucas
This is the story of Mace Windyβ¦as related to us by C.J. Thorpe, padawaan learner to the famed Jedi.
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2000 Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Menace 4
George Lucas
Not at the expense of the moment. Be mindful of the living Force, my young Padawan.
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