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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.
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