princessling

princessling noun: a minor or unimportant princess.

Noun

princessling (plural princesslings)

(uncommon) A minor or unimportant princess.
- The day dawned, and Miss Hermitage woke up like some cradled princessling, sure of being dawdled and prattled to and showed the pretties till bed-time should come round again.1883, Matilda Betham-Edwards, chapter IV, in "Disarmed!", John W. Lovell Company, page 18
- She had been no idle pampered lady, for she had insisted on going with her prince on all his military expeditions, and almost every year she had given him a little princeling or princessling, as sign and symbol of the love that was between them.1921, Marjorie Latta Barstow Greenbie, “Old Love and Modern Comedy” (chapter XLV), in In the Eyes of the East, Dodd, Mead & Co., page 365

Better blood than some ugly German princessling.1937 April, Dennis Geoffrey, “Abdication”, in Coronation Commentary, William Heinemann Ltd, page 266:
Eowyn, Princess of Rohan, has dreamt of nothing but battle, heroism, and glory since she was a little princessling.2013, Jill Richardson, “The Young and the Restless Eowyn” (chapter 15), in Hobbits, You, and the Spiritual World of Middle-Earth...

plural	princesslings

From princess + -ling.

What does princessling mean?: Princessling means a minor or unimportant princess.
How do you use princessling in a sentence?: Better blood than some ugly German princessling.
What part of speech is princessling?: Princessling is a noun.
What is the plural of princessling?: The plural of princessling is princesslings.

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