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queenling

queenling noun: a queenlet; a petty queen.

Noun

queenling (plural queenlings)

  1. A queenlet; a petty queen.
    • I must pull onwards; so, Queenling, au revoir! What, not a kiss of the hand to me, your first visitor, your only lover this day!1857, F. G. S., “Thames Rowing”, in John Saunders, Westland Marston, editors, The National Magazine, volume II, page 396
    • “Notre petite reinette Ecossaise,” said Catharine de Medici herself, who looked upon her with distaste, “our little Scottish queenling has only to smile in order to turn all the heads in France!”1859, Alphonse de Lamartine, chapter V, in J. M. H., transl., Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, Houghton Mifflin Company, page 17

Examples of queenling in a sentence

  • Sit thee down on the trackway / And croon thy dolly a song; / Let the procession sweep by thee, / Queenling, whom none may wrong.1901, Mary Boole Hinton, “Idolatry”, in Other Notes, Neale Publishing Company, page 31:
  • I have suspected that, notwithstanding this vigilance, a queenling of exceptional enterprise occasionally would escape, and go solitary to her destiny.1907, Henry Christopher McCook, “Ant Queens and the Foundation of Formicaries” (chapter II), in Nature's Craftsmen: Popular Studies of Ants...
  • The time has come to crush this queenling and her little country.2005, Stuart Hill, The Cry of the Icemark, The Chicken House, page 413:

Forms of queenling

pluralqueenlings

Origin of queenling

From queen + -ling.

Questions about queenling

What does queenling mean?
Queenling means a queenlet; a petty queen.
How do you use queenling in a sentence?
Sit thee down on the trackway / And croon thy dolly a song; / Let the procession sweep by thee, / Queenling, whom none may wrong.
What part of speech is queenling?
Queenling is a noun.
What is the plural of queenling?
The plural of queenling is queenlings.

Words near queenling in the dictionary

  1. queenlier
  2. queenliest
  3. queenlike
  4. queenlily
  5. queenliness
  6. queenling
  7. queenlings
  8. queenly
  9. queenmaker
  10. queenmakers
  11. queenophone

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