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namelings

namelings is the plural of nameling.

Meaning of nameling

Noun

nameling (plural namelings)

  1. (archaic, rare) Any of a group of people sharing the same name
    • Eveline Hill, the protagonist of the Dubliners story "Eveline," for example, successfully extricates herself from the confines of her "Eve" name since, like her nameling in the Garden of Eden who was tempted by promises of knowledge, Eveline, too, is tempted: […]1994, Claire A. Culleton, Names and Naming in Joyce

Questions about namelings

What is namelings the plural of?
Namelings is the plural of nameling.

Words near namelings in the dictionary

  1. namelessness
  2. namelessnesses
  3. namelier
  4. nameliest
  5. nameling
  6. namelings
  7. namely
  8. namenesia
  9. namepiece
  10. namepieces
  11. nameplate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: namelings (page history and authors); nameling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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