Prince
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pɹɪns/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Prince is a noun meaning (now archaic or historical) A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch.
Meaning
(now archaic or historical) A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch.
More Meanings
- Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person.
- The (male) ruler or head of a principality.
- A male member of a royal family other than the ruler; especially (in the United Kingdom) the son or grandson of the monarch.
- A non-royal high title of nobility, especially in France and the Holy Roman Empire.
- A type of court card used in tarot cards, the equivalent of the jack.
- The mushroom Agaricus augustus.
- (obsolete) A female monarch.
Example Sentences
He is a prince among men.
Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex.
Prince Louis de Broglie won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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.
Word Forms
- princes
- princing
- princed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include princely, royalty, duke, princess, knight, hereditary.
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