1. a young prince or minor prince
2. a person who acts like royalty or expects special treatment
Usage: often derogatory
3. a minor political leader who wields power in a small area
Usage: political context

Examples

• The princeling was educated by the finest tutors in the kingdom.
• She treated him like a spoiled princeling who had never worked a day in his life.
• The local princeling controlled all business dealings in the province.
• He acted like a princeling, expecting everyone to cater to his whims.
• The young princeling would one day inherit a small duchy.
• Critics called the mayor’s son a princeling who got his position through nepotism.