godling

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English

Etymology

From god +‎ -ling.

Noun

godling (plural godlings)

  1. minor divinity, a local or inferior god
    • 1919, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Warlord of Mars[1], HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:
      The Jeddak of Ptarth nodded his assent, but the ugly scowl that he bent upon Matai Shang harbored ill for that pasty-faced godling.

See also

References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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