princeling

[ prins-ling ]

/ ˈprɪns lɪŋ /

a young prince.

a subordinate, minor, or insignificant prince.

Origin of princeling

First recorded in 1610–20; prince + -ling¹

Mr. Xi is a princeling, while Mr. Hu is a technocrat, although Mr. Xi has been successful at bridging the divide.

China: Xi Jinping Was Under Pressure Before Disappearance |The Telegraph |September 15, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
An Oxford student magazine article said the Chinese princeling had a “strained relationship with books.”

Neil Heywood & China’s Bo Xilai Scandal: Drinker, Sailor, Fixer, Spy? |Melinda Liu |March 30, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Given his parentage, Ai is considered a "princeling," a member of the political elite.

Ai Weiwei Comes Home |Melinda Liu, Isaac Stone Fish |June 23, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Now, this princeling on the gate knew when his own sex were guying and he knew the remedy.

The House of Fulfilment |George Madden Martin

But he gave no other sign that he was not some Rajput princeling's image carved out of the night.

Told in the East |Talbot Mundy
One could hardly walk a block without stumbling over a monarch or a commander-in-chief or a princeling.

Superwomen |Albert Payson Terhune
The princeling of a despoiled and humiliated kingdom was perhaps in no condition to provide the pay of these foreign mercenaries.

The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Kings |F. W. Farrar
A boy—a princeling—was with the prince, and he also was a radiant exhibition.

Following the Equator, Complete |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

princeling

/ (ˈprɪnslɪŋ) /

Also called: princekin a young prince

Also called: princelet the ruler of an insignificant territory; petty or minor prince