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Prince

/pɹɪns/ · noun

Meaning

(now archaic or historical) A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch..

Definitions by Sense

  1. (now archaic or historical) A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch.
  2. (obsolete) A female monarch.
  3. Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person.
  4. The (male) ruler or head of a principality.
  5. A male member of a royal family other than the ruler; especially (in the United Kingdom) the son or grandson of the monarch.
  6. A non-royal high title of nobility, especially in France and the Holy Roman Empire.
  7. A type of court card used in tarot cards, the equivalent of the jack.
  8. The mushroom Agaricus augustus.

Example Sentences

Truely, to see our Princes all alone, sitting at their meat, beleagred round with so many talkers, whisperers, and gazing beholders, unknowne what they are or whence they come, I have often rather pittied than envied them.
By his last years Erasmus realized that princes like Henry VIII and François I had deceived him in their elaborate negotiations for universal peace, but his belief in the potential of princely power for good remained undimmed.
If Henry does not fully trust him, is it surprising? A prince is alone: in his council chamber, in his bedchamber, and finally in Hell's antechamber, stripped – as Harry Percy said – for Judgment.
Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex.
He is a prince among men.
In some respects the intellectual is indeed closer to the philosopher than to any specialist, and the philosopher is in more than one sense a sort of prince among the intellectuals.
He is the prince who never grew up – a one-time playboy and son of the Hollywood star Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco.
Prince Louis de Broglie won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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Related Words

princelyroyaltydukeprincessknighthereditaryheirlordguardianprinciplefirstwalescharminghighnesswolewaliemirthegrandamir

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What does prince mean?

Prince means (now archaic or historical) A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch..

What is a synonym for prince?

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What is the opposite of prince?

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How do you use prince in a sentence?

Truely, to see our Princes all alone, sitting at their meat, beleagred round with so many talkers, whisperers, and gazing beholders, unknowne what they are or whence they come, I have often rather pittied than envied them.

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