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chargelings

chargelings is the plural of chargeling.

Meaning of chargeling

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

Questions about chargelings

What is chargelings the plural of?
Chargelings is the plural of chargeling.

Words near chargelings in the dictionary

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

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