princeling
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How to use princeling in a sentence
Once a pampered princeling, Yarvi cannot single-handedly succeed (literally or figuratively) and so must become a leader.
A born-to-the-political-manor princeling has thrown up a white flag—and the worst may be yet to come.
Mr. Xi is a princeling, while Mr. Hu is a technocrat, although Mr. Xi has been successful at bridging the divide.
China: Xi Jinping Was Under Pressure Before Disappearance | The Telegraph | September 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut after he got to Oxford, the young princeling reportedly went off the rails.
Neil Heywood & China’s Bo Xilai Scandal: Drinker, Sailor, Fixer, Spy? | Melinda Liu | March 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAn Oxford student magazine article said the Chinese princeling had a “strained relationship with books.”
Neil Heywood & China’s Bo Xilai Scandal: Drinker, Sailor, Fixer, Spy? | Melinda Liu | March 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
He was a little German princeling, with a pretty moustache, and rounded hips.
The Story Of The Duchess Of Cicogne And Of Monsieur De Boulingrin | Anatole FranceThere was very little semblance of order; a rajah preceded a princeling, and so on down.
The Adventures of Kathlyn | Harold MacGrathThis last-born princeling soon learned how to float on his back, with his round little head just showing above the kelp.
Wild Folk | Samuel ScovilleYour young count or princeling can live like a pig until matrimony crops up.
The Terms of Surrender | Louis TracyThink of what every fathead princeling and beer-swilling ritter from here to Basel would say!
Joan of the Sword Hand | S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
British Dictionary definitions for princeling
/ (ˈprɪnslɪŋ) /
Also called: princekin a young prince
Also called: princelet the ruler of an insignificant territory; petty or minor prince
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