prince
Meaning
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- A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch.
- (obsolete) A female monarch.
- 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.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Rohana.
Synonyms
king’s son
rule over
learned man
son of a king
heir-apparent
his Excellency
his Highness
prince cap
absolute ruler
king's son
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɹɪns/
Etymology
From Middle English prince, from Anglo-Norman prince, from Latin prīnceps (“first head”), from prīmus (“first”) + capiō (“seize, take”). Cognate with Old English fruma (“prince, ruler”). Doublet of princeps. Displaced native Middle English atheling, from Old English æþeling; Middle English kinebarn, from Old English cynebearn; Middle English alder, from Old English ealdor; and Middle English drighten, from Old English dryhten.
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