chargeling
English
Etymology
charge + -ling
Noun
chargeling (plural chargelings)
- A little or young charge (person in the care of another).
- 2005, David Farrell Krell, The Tragic Absolute: German Idealism and the Languishing of God (page 218)
- Suddenly he was deprived of his job, his chargelings, whom he loved, and Diotima herself.
- 2005, David Farrell Krell, The Tragic Absolute: German Idealism and the Languishing of God (page 218)