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Definition of Lordling
1. n. A little or insignificant lord.
Definition of Lordling
1. Noun. An unimportant or petty lord ¹
2. Noun. A young lord ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lordling
1. a young or unimportant lord [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lordling
Literary usage of Lordling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old Ballads: Historical and Narrative, with Some of Modern Date by Thomas Evans (1810)
"THE lordling PEASANT. [First printed in this Collection.] 1 HE baron sat on his
castle wall, And beheld both dale and down ; The manors that stretch'd so ..."
2. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India. : An Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1776)
"... lordling's pride, And hind's bafe tongue the gentle Bard upbraid !" And mufl
the holy long be thus repaid . t • -\\ By ..."
3. English Prose and Verse from Beowulf to Stevenson by Henry Spackman Pancoast (1915)
"... And his peaked shoe a lordling's might have been; Full well it showed he
counted cost no sin: The trammels of the palfrey pleased his sight, ..."
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