chargeling

Etymology

From charge + -ling.

chargeling means A little or young charge (person in the care of another). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.

noun

A little or young charge (person in the care of another).“Suddenly he was deprived of his job, his chargelings, whom he loved, and Diotima herself.”