Home › Words › K › kinglingkinglingkingling · noun — A kinglet; a petty king or ruler.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom king + -ling.nounA kinglet; a petty king or ruler.e.g.“Yet my needs are the same as the kingling's whose name is a terror to thousands: some bread, Some water and milk,—I can do without silk,—some wool, and a roof for my head.” — 1890, John Boyle O'Reilly, In Bohemia:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).