Meanings
plural merkingdoms
- fantasyA kingdom of merfolk.
Merpeople came from all over the merkingdom to visit and study.
2012, Debbie Dadey, Whale of a Tale, Aladdin, →ISBN, page 242 more examples
Thus, Eric fulfills his role as heroic rescuer by saving the woman he loves and the merkingdom from danger, and thus a relationship is constructed between a strong, invulnerable heroic protector and weak, vulnerable victims (Ariel and the kingdom).
2011, Justin Charlebois, Gender and the Construction of Hegemonic and Oppositional Femininities, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 98Marrying Sabyn to get control of a merkingdom that had obviously decided it didn't want me as a ruler was not an acceptable thing to do.
2013, Tracy Deebs, Tempest Revealed, Walker Books for Young Readers, →ISBN
Origin
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