lordkin en · NOUN
Etymology
From lord + -kin.
Meanings
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A little, or unimportant, lord.
Our poor little pauper just mentioned is dosed with Daffy's Elixir , and somehow survives the drug. Princekin or lordkin from his earliest days has nurses , dependants , governesses , little friends , schoolfellows , schoolmasters[…]
1854, Arthur Pendennis [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lordkins | Number=Plur | lexicographic |