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princeling|ˈprɪnslɪŋ|
[f. prince n. + -ling1.]
1. A little or young prince.
a1618Sylvester Panaretus 4 To see our Princeling with a name indewed. 1745Young Refl. Public Situation Kingd. 161 Shall a pope-bred princeling crawl ashore, Replete with venom? 1862H. Marryat Year in Sweden I. 367 No new born princeling ever came into the world at so ill-omened a period for royalty.
2. A petty prince; the ruler of an insignificant principality.
1794Coleridge Relig. Musings 179 Leagued with these Each petty German princeling, nursed in gore! 1874Farrar Christ lx. II. 372 Herod Antipas..this petty princeling drowned in debauchery and blood. 1876Green Stray Stud. 64 His army reminds one of the famous war establishment of the older German princelings. |