roytelet

English

Etymology

From French roitelet, diminutive of roi (“king”).

Noun

roytelet (plural roytelets)

1. (archaic) A little king.
   • 1674, John Josselyn, Account of Two Voyages to New-England:

     The chief Roytelet amongst the Mohawks now living, is a Dutchmans Bastard

   • 1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC:

     hire troops of the roytelets of Brunswick and Hesse - Cassel

References

• “roytelet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.