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roytelet

roytelet noun: a little king.

Noun

roytelet (plural roytelets)

  1. (archaic) A little king.
    • The chief Roytelet amongst the Mohawks now living, is a Dutchmans Bastard1674, John Josselyn, Account of Two Voyages to New-England
    • hire troops of the roytelets of Brunswick and Hesse - Cassel1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC

Forms of roytelet

pluralroytelets

Origin of roytelet

From French roitelet, diminutive of roi (“king”).

Questions about roytelet

What does roytelet mean?
Roytelet means a little king.
What part of speech is roytelet?
Roytelet is a noun.
What is the plural of roytelet?
The plural of roytelet is roytelets.

Words near roytelet in the dictionary

  1. roysting
  2. Royston
  3. Royston crow
  4. Royston crows
  5. roysts
  6. roytelet
  7. roytelets
  8. roytish
  9. Royton
  10. Roz
  11. roza

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