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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024prince /prɪns/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Governmenta male member of a royal family who is not ruling:one of seven princes waiting for the king to die.[as part of a title, before a name]:Prince Ladislav.
- Government(in Great Britain) a son of the king or queen, or a son of the son of a king or queen.
- Governmentthe ruler of a small state or country, as Monaco.
- one who is the best example in its class of some noun mentioned:a merchant prince.
- an admirable person:He was a real prince: showing her the sights and driving her home.
See -prim-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024prince (prins),USA pronunciation n. - Governmenta nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- Government[Hist.]a sovereign or monarch;
king. - Government(in Great Britain) a son or grandson (if the child of a son) of a king or queen.
- Governmentthe English equivalent of any of various titles of nobility in other countries.
- Governmenta holder of such a title.
- Governmentthe ruler of a small state, as one actually or nominally subordinate to a suzerain:Monaco is ruled by a prince.
- a person or thing that is chief or preeminent in any class, group, etc.:a merchant prince.
- a person possessing admirably fine and genial characteristics:He is a prince of a man.
- Latin prīncip- (stem of prīnceps) first, principal (adjective, adjectival), principal person, leader (noun, nominal), equivalent. to prīn- for prīmus prime + -cep- (combining form of capere to take) + -s nominative singular ending
- Old French
- Middle English 1175–1225
- Biographical Harold S., born 1928, U.S. stage director and producer.
- a male given name.
Prince, The, (Italian, Il Principe), - Governmenta treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: prince /prɪns/ n - (in Britain) a son of the sovereign or of one of the sovereign's sons
- a nonreigning male member of a sovereign family
- the monarch of a small territory, such as Monaco, usually called a principality, that was at some time subordinate to an emperor or king
- any sovereign; monarch
- a nobleman in various countries, such as Italy and Germany
- an outstanding member of a specified group: a merchant prince
Etymology: 13th Century: via Old French from Latin princeps first man, ruler, chiefˈprinceˌlike adj Al•bert (al′bərt),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical Carl (Bert), born 1908, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- Prince (Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emanuel, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha), 1819–61, consort of Queen Victoria.
- Lake. Also called Al′bert Nyan′za. a lake in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a source of the Nile. 100 mi. (160 km) long;
2061 sq. mi. (5338 sq. km);
2030 ft. (619 m) above sea level. - a male given name: from Old High German words meaning "noble'' and "bright.''
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Prince /prɪns/ n - full name Prince Rogers Nelson. born 1958, US rock singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. His albums include Dirty Mind (1981), Purple Rain (1984), Parade (1986), and Emancipation (1996); in 2007 he released his latest album Planet Earth as a free gift with a British newspaper
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