Definitions for prince
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Princeton's WordNet(4.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. prince(noun)

   a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. prince(Noun)

   A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch.

2. prince(Noun)

   Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person.

   He is a prince among men.

3. prince(Noun)

   The (male) ruler or head of a principality.

4. prince(Noun)

   A male member of a royal family other than the ruler; especially (in the United Kingdom) the son or grandson of the monarch.

5. prince(Noun)

   A common name of the mushroom Agaricus augustus.

6. prince(Noun)

   A type of court card used in Tarot cards, the equivalent to the Jack.

7. Prince(ProperNoun)

   The title of a prince.

8. Prince(ProperNoun)

   A surname for someone who acted like a prince, or played the part in a pageant, or served in the household of a prince.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Prince(adj)

   the one of highest rank; one holding the highest place and authority; a sovereign; a monarch; -- originally applied to either sex, but now rarely applied to a female

2. Prince(adj)

   the son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal family; as, princes of the blood

3. Prince(adj)

   a title belonging to persons of high rank, differing in different countries. In England it belongs to dukes, marquises, and earls, but is given to members of the royal family only. In Italy a prince is inferior to a duke as a member of a particular order of nobility; in Spain he is always one of the royal family

4. Prince(adj)

   the chief of any body of men; one at the head of a class or profession; one who is preeminent; as, a merchant prince; a prince of players

5. Prince(verb)

   to play the prince

Origin: [F., from L. princeps, -cipis, the first, chief; primus first + capere to take. See Prime, a., and Capacious.]

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1. Prince

   Prince is a general term for a ruler, monarch, or member of a monarch's or former monarch's family, and it is a hereditary title in the nobility of some European states. The feminine equivalent is a princess. The English word derives, via the French word prince, from the Latin noun princeps, from primus + capio, meaning "the chief, most distinguished, ruler, prince".

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Prince

   prins, n. one of the highest rank: a sovereign: son of a king or emperor: a title of nobility, as in Germany: the chief of any body of men:—fem. Prin′cess.—v.i. to play the prince (usually with it).—ns. Prince′-bish′op, a bishop who was also the civil ruler or prince of his diocese; Prince′-Con′sort, the husband of a reigning queen; Prince′dom, the estate, jurisdiction, sovereignty, or rank of a prince; Prince′hood, rank or quality of a prince; Prince′-Impē′rial, the eldest son of an emperor; Prince′kin, Prince′let, Prince′ling, a little or inferior prince.—adj. Prince′-like, becoming a prince.—n. Prince′liness.—adj. Prince′ly, prince-like: becoming a prince: grand: august: regal.—adv. in a prince-like manner.—adv. Prin′cessly, like a princess.—n. Prin′cess-Roy′al, the eldest daughter of a sovereign.—adj. Prin′cified, ridiculously dignified.—n. Mer′chant-prince, a merchant who has gained great wealth.—Prince of darkness, Prince of this world, Satan; Prince of Peace, Christ: the Messiah; Prince of Wales, the eldest son of the British sovereign; Prince Rupert's drops (see Drop); Prince's feather, a tall showy annual with spikes of rose-coloured flowers; Prince's metal, a gold-like alloy of 70 parts of copper and 25 of zinc. [Fr.,—L. princeps—primus, first, capĕre, to take.]

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'prince' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1716

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'prince' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3945

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'prince' in Nouns Frequency: #724

Anagrams for prince »

1. pincer

How to pronounce prince?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of prince in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of prince in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of prince in a Sentence

1. Laurent Fabius:

   Ah, we have Prince Charles.

2. Andrew Morton:

   He showed it to the queen and Prince Philip.

3. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Women dream a lot and man is the prince of that dreamland.

4. Thomas Fuller:

   He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none.

5. American Proverb:

   You have to kiss a lot of toads before you find a handsome prince.

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