The Collaborative International Dictionary
Manling \Man"ling\, n. A little man. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A little man; a man of short stature. 2 (context literary English) A young man; a boy.
Usage examples of "manling".
If we were not so close to death, I would rejoice that the greatest threat of the manlings is a coward and a fool.
Six of the strange manlings tumbled to the grass, but the others continued their charge, firing as they ran.
Scores fell, Skraelings clinging to their faces and necks, their teeth sunk deep into the sweet flesh of the manlings, almost delirious with joy as they tasted their flesh.
The gray mass writhed and screamed, falling back from the flames, weeping and wailing and whispering in horror at the nasty, horrid brights that the manlings thrust their way.
It was a little early for him, since he was born during the peak of the flood, but everyone in the clan agreed with Twerk that it was better for a manling so well-favored to be early than late, and if he wasn't already up and out of the flood plain before the rains came, then he'd have to wait months before he could safely go.