lordkinn.
/ˈlɔːdkɪn/, U.S. /ˈlɔrdkɪn/ Now historical and rare.
A young lord; a minor lord.
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1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xv. 143 Princekin or lordkin from his earliest days has nurses, dependents [etc.].
1893 A. M. F. Randolph Trial Sir John Falstaff ix. 184 His Majesty would have made thee a lordkin called Lord Nebuchadnezzar, and chosen thee as a member of his household.
1912 C. Porter When I used to lead Ballet in R. Kimball Compl. Lyrics C. Porter (1983) 14 For I was her lordkin, her lambkin, her Mordkin, her beautiful ballet boy.
1953 Philos. East & West 2 322 The lordsons may thus have been derisively called ‘lordlings’ or ‘lordkins’ by the optimates of that time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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