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roitelet Now arch.
(ˈrɔɪtəlɛt, ‖ rwatlɛ)
Also 7–9 roytelet (8 -ett).
[a. F. roitelet, † roytelet, f. OF. roitel, roietel, etc., dim. of roi roy n.]
A petty or minor king.
1602Carew Cornwall 67 To their gentlemen they carrie a verie dutifull regard,..holding them as Roytelets, because they know no greater. 1641Heylin Hist. Episc. ii. (1657) 58 It being probable that there were other petty Kings and Roytelets as well as he. 1722D. Coxe Descr. Carolana 96 Those who have..obtain'd the favor of their petty royteletts. 1738–41Warburton Div. Legat. (1788) II. 151 The difference between an Egyptian monarch, and a petty roitelet of the Philistines. 1815J. C. Hobhouse Substance Lett. (1816) I. 154 Even the roitelets of Palermo, Brussels, Stockholm, and Stutgard, may have each an advocate at the Cabinet of St. James's. 1847–9Helps Friends in C. (1859) I. 82 The endless small bickerings..of counts and dukes and roitelets. |