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Definition of Dukeling
1. n. A little or insignificant duke.
Definition of Dukeling
1. Noun. A little or insignificant duke. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dukeling
1. a petty duke [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dukeling
Literary usage of Dukeling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"Urswick, command the dukeling and these fellows To Digby, the Lieutenant of the
Tower. Warbeck— Noble thoughts Meet freedom in captivity: the Tower, ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1861)
"... —from the duchy of Modena, where a bloodthirsty dukeling took Nero for his
model in the infamy of his morals, as well as the cruelty of his heart ;—in ..."
3. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets who Lived about the Time of Shakespeare by Charles Lamb, Israel Gollancz (1893)
"... commend the dukeling, and these fellows, To Digby the Lieutenant of the Tower :
With safety let them be convey'd to London. It is our pleasure, ..."
4. The Dawn of Italian Independence: Italy from the Congress of Vienna, 1814 by William Roscoe Thayer (1893)
"The Italians, who had sarcastically nicknamed him the "dukeling," now showed
respect for his ability by calling him the "Butcher" or the " Hangman. ..."
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