"ghostling" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From ghost + -ling.",
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          "ref": "2008, Linda Alice Dewey, The Ghost Who Would Not Die",
          "text": "“That's why I brought you here,” whispered the ghostling next to me. We floated over to a corner. “She ain't leaving her body,” he said.",
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          "text": "Blink stood next to Knot. The ghostling's lavender eyes widened as his hand gripped Knot's arm.",
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        "A small, young, diminutive, or inferior ghost."
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