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baseling

baseling noun: one who is base or inferior.

Noun

baseling (plural baselings)

  1. (rare) One who is base or inferior
    • O weaklings, baselings we, — Achaian women, and not men!1873, Homer, The First Six Books of the Iliad of Homer, page 31
    • Why lift aloft the baseling? give the sword
      To unanointed hands? garland the brow
      Which virtue never crowned? […]1882, Frederick Randolph Abbe, The Temple Rebuilt, page 179
    Synonyms:
    lowling

Synonyms of baseling

Forms of baseling

pluralbaselings

Origin of baseling

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

Questions about baseling

What does baseling mean?
Baseling means one who is base or inferior.
What part of speech is baseling?
Baseling is a noun.
What is the plural of baseling?
The plural of baseling is baselings.

Words near baseling in the dictionary

  1. baseline
  2. baselined
  3. baseliner
  4. baseliners
  5. baselines
  6. baseling
  7. baselings
  8. baselining
  9. basellaceous
  10. baseload
  11. baseloads

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