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Recent Examples of princeling
This innately good-hearted princeling is the only compelling character.
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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
While referring to Xi Jinping and other fellow princelings who grew up during the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution, the younger Hu noted that many youth of that period had limited access to books and did little learning.
—Time, 16 June 2023
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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
While referring to Xi Jinping and other fellow princelings who grew up during the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution, the younger Hu noted that many youth of that period had limited access to books and did little learning.
—Time, 16 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for princeling
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In terms of its risk-to-reward ratio, investing in an independent film ranks somewhere in the neighborhood of accepting the hand of a Nigerian prince who has introduced himself to you via cold email.—
Nick Pinkerton,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The prince paid £1 million for the property back in 2003, and under the terms of the 75-year lease, due to expire on June 15, 2078, he is expected to pay for any refurbishment work and the maintenance of the surrounding grounds.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Prussian baron Alexander von Humboldt carried out the best-known of these mapping efforts in Central and South America.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Mia Wasikowska plays Edith, an heiress who marries a seductive baron, Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston), and moves into his enormous, decaying mansion — which is also inhabited by Thomas' enigmatic sister, Lucille (Jessica Chastain).—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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Giuffre’s family welcomed news of the duke giving up his titles but said King Charles III should go further and strip Andrew’s title as prince.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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Nearly every duke and earl and baron in England was competing to build great rare book collections, and lots and lots of fake manuscripts emerged.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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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
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With James' support, George became an earl, a marquess and ultimately a duke (a rarity for nonroyals).—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
9 Apr. 2024
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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
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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
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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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The other half, however, followed the taste of the viscount and was more classical.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Princeling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/princeling. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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