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PRINCELING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does princeling mean? 

PRINCELING (noun)
  The noun PRINCELING has 2 senses:

1. a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principalityplay

2. a young princeplay

  Familiarity information: PRINCELING used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRINCELING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("princeling" is a kind of...):

prince (a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign))


Sense 2

Meaning:

A young prince

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("princeling" is a kind of...):

prince (a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign))


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