Kinglet

Definitions

1. A petty king; a king ruling over a small or unimportant territory.
   derogatory
2. A young or little king.
3. A prince.
4. Any of several birds of the family Regulidae.

Equivalents

Examples

“Cæsar termeth all the Lords, which in his time had justice in France, to be Kinglets [tr. reguli], or pettie Kings.”

“My son hears tales. In the viceroy’s personal entourage, one could scarcely help⟳ it. And he tells me of them. Our new viceroy would not refuse⟳ the Crown if offered, but he guards his line of retreat. There are stories that, failing Imperial heights, he plans to carve out a new Empire in the Barbarian hinterland. It is said, but I don’t vouch for this, that he has already given one of his daughters as wife to a Kinglet somewhere in the uncharted Periphery.”

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