Dukeling

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A little or insignificant duke.

    "Now half-a-dozen more little pauper princelings and decadent dukelings are trying to trade their worthless coronets for American cash."

Example

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"Now half-a-dozen more little pauper princelings and decadent dukelings are trying to trade their worthless coronets for American cash."

Etymology

From duke + -ling.

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