princeling

noun

prince·​ling ˈprin(t)s-liŋ How to pronounce princeling (audio)
: a petty or insignificant prince

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This innately good-hearted princeling is the only compelling character. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024 Urie, a Drama Desk award winner, expertly plays the princeling as a well-meaning, but woefully awkward nerd who is hopelessly smitten from the moment Winnifred hauls herself onstage covered in leeches. EW.com, 13 Aug. 2024 Even princelings, including one of Deng’s sons, lost their elections. Cai Xia, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022 But the antagonist is not so much a professional criminal as a corporate princeling who abuses his wealth and privilege. Patrick Frater, Variety, 31 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for princeling 

Word History

First Known Use

1796, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of princeling was in 1796

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“Princeling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/princeling. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.

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