princeling

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Recent Examples of princeling This innately good-hearted princeling is the only compelling character. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024 Urie, a Drama Desk award winner, expertly plays the princeling as a well-meaning, but woefully awkward nerd who is hopelessly smitten from the moment Winnifred hauls herself onstage covered in leeches. EW.com, 13 Aug. 2024 But the antagonist is not so much a professional criminal as a corporate princeling who abuses his wealth and privilege. Patrick Frater, Variety, 31 Oct. 2023 The publicity blitz set tongues wagging among princelings. Time, 16 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for princeling
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Noun
  • Nineteen thousand resident white loyalists also supplemented British troops, as did at least eight thousand Irishmen and more than thirty thousand soldiers loaned to the king by princes in the German states.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Markle’s video showed the prince and her friend, Kelly McKee Zajfen, watching the end of the game as the Dodgers clinched back-to-back World Series titles.
    Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • In two years, the Buffs have hopped from the land of tech bros (the old Pac-12) to a conference of oil barons (the Big 12) who swim in fast cash and Texas tea.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Harper is tipped off to Tender’s shady dealings by reporter Jim Dycker (Charlie Heaton), widening a foothold in the world of journalism previously established by Henry’s tabloid baron uncle Alexander (Andrew Havill).
    Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The former duke also agreed to vacate Royal Lodge and will move to a private property on the Sandringham Estate sometime in 2026.
    Emma Banks, InStyle, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Margaret’s father succeeded him as King George VI, and her mother Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, never forgave the duke for renouncing his duty to his country.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Dec. 2025
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
  • And with Crimson Peak, del Toro swings for the fences, with big gestures from English baronet Sir Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleson) to prove his love for American heiress Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska), a big decaying mansion, and big ghost energy.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2024
  • For one, Lady Valerie Meux, a banjo-playing music hall singer who married a British baronet, became a social sensation and quirky philanthropist, and was known to drive around London in a carriage pulled by a pair of zebras.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • And while King Charles did not make Kerry a duke, an earl, a marquess, viscount or a baron, the knighthood was royal stuff enough.
    Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
  • The viscount’s son, the Marquis of Praia and Monforte, added a second floor and greatly expanded the garden surrounding it, purchasing ten more hectares and bringing the property to 12.5 hectares (31 acres) and turning parts of it into a romantic garden in the English fashion.
    Ann Abel, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025

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“Princeling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/princeling. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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