Definition of "lordling"

lordling

/ˈlɔːdlɪŋ/

noun
plural lordlings
1. An unimportant or petty lord.
  Quotations
  He saw it clear enough, now that the lordling had pointed it out. “They couldn't have froze. Not if the Wall was weeping. It wasn't cold enough."
  1996 August 1, George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire; 1), HarperCollins, page 16
2. A young lord.

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