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statelings

statelings is the plural of stateling.

Meaning of stateling

Noun

stateling (plural statelings)

  1. (derogatory, sometimes, uncommon) A statelet; a very small nation-state, or a region that acts like a nation-state.
    • […]Following the lead / Of some sly stateling, one by one depart / The muster'd conclave, till the bounds are broke / In order unimpeached. […]1855 December, Jacques Delille, “The Ingle-Nook”, in The Dublin University Magazine, volume XLVI, number CCLXXVI, page 641

Questions about statelings

What is statelings the plural of?
Statelings is the plural of stateling.

Words near statelings in the dictionary

  1. statelily
  2. Stateline
  3. stateliness
  4. statelinesses
  5. stateling
  6. statelings
  7. stately
  8. stately bush brown
  9. stately elm
  10. stately elms
  11. stately home

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