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chargeling

chargeling noun: a little or young charge (person in the care of another).

Noun

chargeling (plural chargelings)

  1. A little or young charge (person in the care of another).
    • Suddenly he was deprived of his job, his chargelings, whom he loved, and Diotima herself.2005, David Farrell Krell, The Tragic Absolute: German Idealism and the Languishing of God, page 218

Forms of chargeling

pluralchargelings

Origin of chargeling

From charge + -ling.

Questions about chargeling

What does chargeling mean?
Chargeling means a little or young charge (person in the care of another).
What part of speech is chargeling?
Chargeling is a noun.
What is the plural of chargeling?
The plural of chargeling is chargelings.

Words near chargeling in the dictionary

  1. chargehands
  2. chargeholder
  3. chargehouse
  4. chargeless
  5. chargelessness
  6. chargeling
  7. chargelings
  8. chargeman
  9. chargemaster
  10. chargemasters
  11. chargemen

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