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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 principality
Familiarity information: PRINCELING used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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