lordling
Petty young aristocrat
A lordling is a minor or petty lord, often used dismissively to suggest someone who acts lordly without having real power or status to back it up.
The diminutive suffix conveys either youth or insignificance—a young nobleman not yet come into his own, or a self-important person playing at authority.
The lordling strutted about the estate as if he actually owned it.
One who receives legacy
- scionHeir of prominence
- progenyOne's biological descendants
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- descendantPerson from earlier generations
princeling · young master · stripling · whelp · birthright · primogeniture · succession · inheritance
System of noble ranks
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- gentryHighborn but not noble
- bluebloodPerson of noble birth
- highbornOf aristocratic birth
patrician · gentlefolk · baronet · viscount · marquess · earldom · countess · duchess
Insincere behavior for effect
- airsPretentious behavioral displays
- affectationArtificial behavior for effect
- pomposityExaggerated sense of importance
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
arrogance · snobbery · condescension · imperious · supercilious · presumptuous · self-important · puffed-up
heir
One who receives legacy
descendant · princeling · young master · stripling · whelp · birthright · primogeniture · succession · inheritance · patrimony
peerage
System of noble ranks
highborn · patrician · gentlefolk · baronet · viscount · marquess · earldom · countess · duchess · baroness
posturing
Insincere behavior for effect
- airsPretentious behavioral displays
- affectationArtificial behavior for effect
- pomposityExaggerated sense of importance
haughtiness · arrogance · snobbery · condescension · imperious · supercilious · presumptuous · self-important · puffed-up · preening
greenhorn
Inexperienced, gullible newcomer
- untriedNot yet tested
- callowYouthfully naive and untested
- unseasonedLacking flavor or experience
naive · raw · untested · fledgling · novice · pampered · sheltered · unworldly · unproven · immature
lordlingoverlord
Supreme feudal superior
sovereign · king · liege lord · emperor · lord of lords