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dukeling|ˈdjuːklɪŋ|
[see -ling.]
1. A little or petty duke. (Contemptuous; in quot. 1634, One who claims to be a duke.)
1634Ford P. Warbeck ii. iii, This dukeling mushroom Hath doubtless charm'd the king. Ibid. v. ii, Urswick, command the dukeling and these fellows, To Digby, the Lieutenant of the Tower. 1890H. M. Stanley Darkest Africa I. xiv. 363 No proud dukeling in England could regard a pauper with more pronounced contempt.
2. A duke's child.
1612Sylvester Lacrymæ 139 For Savoy's Dukelings, or the Florentine, Hee [Prince Henry] wedds his Saviour of a Regall Line. 1618Fletcher Loyal Subj. ii. v, The duke gone thither, do you say?..And all the ducklings too. 1690Crowne Eng. Friar iii. Dram. Wks. 1874 IV. 70 Little squirelings, and knightlings, and lordlings, and dukelings. 1794Wolcott (P. Pindar) Rowl. for Oliver Wks. II. 411 Duke, Dukeling, Princess, Prince, consign'd to jail! |