merkingdom

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From mer- +‎ kingdom.

Noun[edit]

merkingdom (plural merkingdoms)

  1. (fantasy) A kingdom of merfolk.
    • 2011, Justin Charlebois, Gender and the Construction of Hegemonic and Oppositional Femininities, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 98:
      Thus, Eric fulfills his role as heroic rescuer by saving the woman he loves and the merkingdom from danger, and thus a relationship is constructed between a strong, invulnerable heroic protector and weak, vulnerable victims (Ariel and the kingdom).
    • 2012, Debbie Dadey, Whale of a Tale, Aladdin, →ISBN, page 24:
      Merpeople came from all over the merkingdom to visit and study.
    • 2013, Tracy Deebs, Tempest Revealed[1], Walker Books for Young Readers, →ISBN:
      Marrying Sabyn to get control of a merkingdom that had obviously decided it didn't want me as a ruler was not an acceptable thing to do.