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Definition of Princeling
1. Noun. A petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality.
2. Noun. A young prince.
Definition of Princeling
1. n. A petty prince; a young prince.
Definition of Princeling
1. Noun. A minor or unimportant prince ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Princeling
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Princeling
Literary usage of Princeling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Trial of Sir John Falstaff: Wherein the Fat Knight is Permitted to by Asa Maxon Fitz Randolph (1893)
"... that princeling in the Clear Sky of Fame.—Old Jack's Pension Long in Arrears;
his Poverty. ... princeling ..."
2. The Navigable Rhine: The Development of Its Shipping, the Basis of the by Edwin Jones Clapp (1911)
"Nor was this toll taken by the princeling alone. The picturesque castles on the
Rhine were often enough the nests of robber knights, which they had bought ..."
3. The Navigable Rhine: The Development of Its Shipping, the Basis of the by Edwin Jones Clapp (1911)
"So with the princeling: for him taxes on traffic were the chief source of income,
for his country was wretchedly poor, and his towns of any wealth were very ..."
4. Paul Jones, Founder of the American Navy: A History by Augustus C. Buell (1900)
"Therefore every German princeling must be some sort of cousin to every other
German princeling. On this basis Nassau-Siegen resolved to claim kinship with ..."
5. Paul Jones, Founder of the American Navy: A History by Augustus C. Buell (1900)
"The Empress was herself the daughter of a German princeling known as ...
Therefore every German princeling must be some sort of cousin to every other German ..."
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