| 释义 |
princelet|ˈprɪnslɪt|
[f. prince n. + -let.]
A little or petty prince; the ruler of a small principality.
1682T. Flatman Heraclitus Ridens No. 73 (1713) II. 196 The Princelet..employ'd his Emissaries to enjoyn all his Dependents to make their whole strength against the Lovers of the King and Government. 1850Kingsley Alt. Locke xxxii, German princelets might sell their country piecemeal to French or Russian! 1870Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. i. (1873) 325 Lessing..was librarian of one of those petty princelets who sold their subjects to be shot at in America. 1882Athenæum 9 Dec. 767/2 Negotiations..with single Italian princelets like Sigismondo Malatesta. |