chargeling

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noun

A little or young charge (person in the care of another).

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Meanings

nounchargeling (plural chargelings)

plural chargelings

  1. A little or young charge (person in the care of another).

    Suddenly he was deprived of his job, his chargelings, whom he loved, and Diotima herself.

    2005, David Farrell Krell, The Tragic Absolute: German Idealism and the Languishing of God, page 218

Origin

From charge + -ling.

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APA

chargeling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chargeling

MLA

“chargeling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chargeling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chargeling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chargeling.

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