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countling en · NOUN

Etymology

From count + -ling.

Meanings

1. A young, inferior, insignificant, or petty count.
   • I did not see, but was told of the existence of a tiny countling, less and younger than any of his sisters, and probably too important to be shown about. Indeed he was a very weighty personage, as without him the possessions of his father must [...] 1854, Andrew Hamilton, Sixteen Months in the Danish Isles - Volume 2 - Page 6:

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