Meanings
plural roytelets
- 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.], →OCLC1 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
- Frenchroitelet
- Englishroytelet
From French roitelet, diminutive of roi (“king”).
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