英和和英

名詞

princeling (plural princelings)

1. A minor or less important prince.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 224:

     Spices reached Europe after being carried over the Asiatic caravan routes by the Radanite merchants, to be re-distributed among traders and apothecaries, pilgrims and princelings.

   • 2011 April 23, Marina Hyde, “Royal wedding: third tier European princeling is bitter at being NFI”, in The Guardian‎, archived from the original on 6 May 2021:

     Speaking of the guest list, though, it is most disappointing to find some of the third tier European princelings unable to hide their bitterness at being NFI.

2. (derogatory) A descendant of some prominent and influential senior communist official in the People's Republic of China.