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# {{context|chiefly|_|pejorative|lang=en}} A petty king; a king ruling over a small or unimportant territory. |
# {{context|chiefly|_|pejorative|lang=en}} A petty king; a king ruling over a small or unimportant territory. |
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#* {{RQ:Flr Mntgn Essays}}, I.42: |
#* {{RQ:Flr Mntgn Essays}}, I.42: |
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#*: ''Cæsar'' termeth all the Lords, which in his time had justice in ''France'', to be '''Kinglets''' [tr. {{ |
#*: ''Cæsar'' termeth all the Lords, which in his time had justice in ''France'', to be '''Kinglets''' [tr. {{m|en|reguli}}], or pettie Kings. |
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#* '''1951''', {{w|Isaac Asimov}}, ''[[w:Foundation (novel)|Foundation]]'' (1974 [[w:Panther Books|Panther Books Ltd]] publication), part V, chapter 10, pages 160–161: |
#* '''1951''', {{w|Isaac Asimov}}, ''[[w:Foundation (novel)|Foundation]]'' (1974 [[w:Panther Books|Panther Books Ltd]] publication), part V, chapter 10, pages 160–161: |
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#*: “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<!-- page break --> 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.” |
#*: “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<!-- page break --> 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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English
Etymology
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Noun
kinglet (plural kinglets)
- (deprecated template usage) (chiefly derogatory) A petty king; a king ruling over a small or unimportant territory.
- Template:RQ:Flr Mntgn Essays, I.42:
- Cæsar termeth all the Lords, which in his time had justice in France, to be Kinglets [tr. reguli], or pettie Kings.
- 1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), part V, chapter 10, pages 160–161:
- “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.”
- Template:RQ:Flr Mntgn Essays, I.42:
- A bird of the crest family (Regulidae).
Translations
a petty king
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a bird of the crest family
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