roytelet

R1O1Y4T1E1L1E1T1

noun

A little king.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nounroytelet (plural roytelets)

plural roytelets

  1. archaicA little king.

    hire troops of the roytelets of Brunswick and Hesse - Cassel

    1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC
    1 more example

    The chief Roytelet amongst the Mohawks now living, is a Dutchmans Bastard

    1674, John Josselyn, Account of Two Voyages to New-England

Origin

  1. Frenchroitelet
  2. Englishroytelet

From French roitelet, diminutive of roi (“king”).

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