princelet

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Noun
  • African prince Akeem is trading palaces, from his lavish kingdom to Queens in search of a woman who loves him for him.
    Arushi Jacob, Variety, 24 June 2026
  • Daeron Targaryen Daeron Targaryen, otherwise known as Daeron the Drunkard, is a bookish and melancholy Targaryen prince known for his prophetic dreams.
    Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • The duke traditionally accompanies the monarch in the lead carriage of the Royal Procession, a custom that dates back to 1825, when the first Duke of Wellington rode alongside King George IV.
    Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
  • Enmeshed in scandal, the former duke and duchess of York have practically vanished from public view – and so have the queen's dinky golden furballs.
    Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 7 June 2026
Noun
  • Cruise sports a thick Southern accent, a beer belly and thinning white hair (fashioned in an unconvincing combover) to play the oil baron whose company may have set off an ecological disaster that could also spark a nuclear war.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 23 June 2026
  • Lipstye and others worried that Shelter Island was becoming a place dominated by wealthy barons who weren’t necessarily invested in the community — a place, in short, like the South Fork.
    Reeves Wiedeman, Curbed, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • In the book, Benedict falls for Sophie Beckett, the daughter of an earl who’s been hidden away from the Ton and forced to work as a housemaid by her spiteful stepmother.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
  • With James' support, George became an earl, a marquess and ultimately a duke (a rarity for nonroyals).
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • John Alite, 63, a councilman in Englishtown, NJ, was charged Friday with multiple counts of extortion, corporate misconduct and other charges, New Jersey's Attorney General said in a news release.
    Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 20 June 2026
  • His father and grandfather are counts.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • Connie is married to a baronet, Clifford, who has been made impotent by a war wound, and Mellors is the gamekeeper on Clifford’s estate, Wragby.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • The baronet wanders around his castle numb on heroin, reeling from his spectacular flameout as CEO of Lumi and the recent loss of his seat in Parliament.
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The crunchy encasing pairs perfectly with the melty cheese and various fillings inside, including cheese, tinga, potato and chorizo, and raja (strips of peppers and onions).
    Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Only the wealthiest resided in the inner city, made up the raja’s court, and decided the fate of the kingdom’s people—yet never ventured outside the sixty-foot-tall iron gate to mingle or empathize.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Arriving guests included two priests: one father wore a full cassock, the other short sleeves and sunglasses, like a princeling on vacation.
    Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
  • His son grew up a princeling in his father’s shadow, undergoing none of the hardship that forged the father’s authority.
    Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
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“Princelet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/princelet. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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