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kinglets

kinglets is the plural of kinglet.

Meaning of kinglet

Noun

kinglet (plural kinglets)

  1. (derogatory) A petty king; a king ruling over a small or unimportant territory.
    • Cæsar termeth all the Lords, which in his time had justice in France, to be Kinglets [tr. reguli], or pettie Kings.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 42, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    kingling, roitelet
  2. A young or little king.
  3. A prince.
  4. Any of several birds of the family Regulidae.
    Synonyms:
    crest

Phrases with kinglets

Questions about kinglets

What is kinglets the plural of?
Kinglets is the plural of kinglet.

Words near kinglets in the dictionary

  1. Kinglake West
  2. Kinglassie
  3. kingless
  4. kinglessness
  5. kinglet
  6. kinglets
  7. kinglier
  8. kingliest
  9. kinglihood
  10. kinglike
  11. kinglily

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