Meanings
nounlordling (plural lordlings)
plural lordlings
- An unimportant or petty lord.
He saw it clear enough, now that the lordling had pointed it out. “They couldn't have froze. Not if the Wall was weeping. It wasn't cold enough."
1996 August 1, George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire; 1), HarperCollins, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 16 - A young lord.
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Origin
- Middle Englishlordlyng
- Englishlordling
From Middle English lordlyng; equivalent to lord + -ling.
More words from Middle English
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Finnish pikkuherra
- pikkuherraan unimportant or petty lord
French gentillâtre
- gentillâtrean unimportant or petty lord
Irish fothiarna, mionuasal
- fothiarnaan unimportant or petty lord
- mionuasalan unimportant or petty lord
Polish panicz
- paniczan unimportant or petty lord
Russian ба́рич, па́ныч
- ба́рич (bárič)an unimportant or petty lord
- па́ныч (pányč)an unimportant or petty lord
- паны́ч (panýč)an unimportant or petty lord
Ukrainian пани́ч
- пани́ч (panýč)an unimportant or petty lord
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Cite this entry
APA
lordling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lordling
MLA
“lordling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lordling. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lordling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lordling.
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