princekin

[ prins-kin ]

noun

1. a small, young, or minor prince.

Word History and Origins

Origin of princekin¹

First recorded in 1850–55; prince + -kin

Example Sentences

Then Nibble stopped reading, and closed the book softly, for Downy was just as fast asleep as Princekin had been.

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Mercia was but a petty province, and its king in fact a Princekin.

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They say at public schools Princekin is taught the beauties of equality, and thrashed into some kind of subordination.

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The tradesman's manner, which to you and me is decently respectful, becomes straightway frantically servile before Princekin.

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