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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who is base or inferior rare

   "O weaklings, baselings we, — Achaian women, and not men!"

Synonyms

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lowlinglowling

Example

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"O weaklings, baselings we, — Achaian women, and not men!"

Etymology

From Middle English baseling (attested only in the sense of debased coinage), equivalent to base + -ling.

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