单词 | lordkin |
释义 | lordkinn. Now historical and rare. A young lord; a minor lord. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [noun] > lord > young lord lordingOE ochierna1300 lordling1630 lordlet1642 lordkin1855 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [noun] > lord > petty lord lording1567 lordling1630 lordkin1855 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xv. 143 Princekin or lordkin from his earliest days has nurses, dependents [etc.]. 1893 A. M. F. Randolph Trial Sir John Falstaff ix. 184 His Majesty would have made thee a lordkin called Lord Nebuchadnezzar, and chosen thee as a member of his household. 1912 C. Porter When I used to lead Ballet in R. Kimball Compl. Lyrics C. Porter (1983) 14 For I was her lordkin, her lambkin, her Mordkin, her beautiful ballet boy. 1953 Philos. East & West 2 322 The lordsons may thus have been derisively called ‘lordlings’ or ‘lordkins’ by the optimates of that time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1855 |
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