princeling

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princeling

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From prince + -ling.

noun princelings

  1. A minor or less important prince. Spices reached Europe after being carried over the Asiatic caravan routes by the Radanite merchants, to be re-distributed among traders and apothecaries, pilgrims and princelings.
  2. derogatory A descendant of some prominent and influential senior communist official in the People's Republic of China.

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noun a minor or unimportant prince

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@misc{princeling_2026,
  title = {princeling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/princeling},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}