lordling

[ lawrd-ling ]

/ ˈlɔrd lɪŋ /

a minor, unimportant, or petty lord.

Origin of lordling

Middle English word dating back to 1225–75; see origin at lord, -ling¹

Think you I care the value of a straw for the nerves of your lordling?

Merkland |Mrs. Oliphant
Why should this fop of a lordling put on this air of contemptuous incredulity?

The Market-Place |Harold Frederic
My cloak, my hat and boots allowed naught of my true condition to appear, and might as well have covered a lordling as a jester.

The Shame of Motley |Raphael Sabatini
In port, he was a lordling—no man his master—able to come and go as the mood took him.

Merchantmen-at-Arms |David W. Bone

One lordling nudged another lordling, and they stared into the face of the girl as if she had been a creature of the street.

The O'Ruddy |Stephen Crane

lordling

/ (ˈlɔːdlɪŋ) /

rare a young lord