The Collaborative International Dictionary
Greekling
Greekling \Greek"ling\, n.
A little Greek, or one of small esteem or pretensions.
--B.
Jonson.
Usage examples of "greekling".
Helen of Troy was a treasure, even if she was but a white Greekling with a crooked nose.
For while we are well aware of our mortality, your Greeklings believe that you are a god, even if we well know that you are mortal and subject to human corruption.
He succeeded in gaining enough gold to corrupt all the Greeklings who passed through Venice, he had been put in touch with reliable people in Constantinople, and he was awaiting news.
But since these Greeklings are no better than they are, the pilgrims are wooing this one and that, to secure for themselves now, and on the cheap, the most important relics.