judgeling

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noun

A minor or petty judge.

Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounjudgeling (plural judgelings)

plural judgelings

  1. A minor or petty judge.

    Thomas, the judgeling, so he was called, was cool as a cucumber, mentally and bodily: youths generally are.

    1862, Sir Richard Francis Burton, The City of the Saints

Origin

From judge + -ling.

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APA

judgeling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/judgeling

MLA

“judgeling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/judgeling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “judgeling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/judgeling.

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