prince Definition
prince (prins)
noun
- Archaic any male monarch; esp., a king
- a ruler whose rank is below that of king; head of a principality
- a nonreigning male member of a royal family
- in Great Britain, a son of the sovereign or of a son of the sovereign
- any of various noblemen in other countries
- ☆
- a preeminent person in any class or group a merchant prince
- Informal a fine, generous, helpful fellow
Etymology: OFr < L princeps, first, chief, prince < *primo-caps, lit., first-taken < primus (see prime) + capere, to take (see have)
prince Related Forms
prince′·dom noun
prince Synonyms
prince Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- darkness: Would the prince of darkness, in order to promote his kingdom of darkness, lead men to the sun?
- demon: Verse 34: the Pharisees said, " It is by the prince of demons that he drives out demons.
- kingdom: Yet the prince of the kingdom of Persia must with.
- king: Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, and the first begotten from the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.
- peace: The prince of peace; the king of love.
Converse of object
marry: The next day she was to marry the prince.
Adjective modifier
- handsome: That doesn't seem a likely way to make handsome princes fall in love with you.
- Saudi: They are alleged to have provided more than pounds 17m of benefits to a Saudi prince.
- warlike: To be ignored of any one of the following four or five principles does not befit a warlike prince.
- feudal: If a feudal prince or the king could guard and hold it, all would spontaneously submit themselves to him.
- Welsh: Seat of the Welsh princes from the Roman period right up to the feudal.
- mighty: Header, " To the most high and mighty prince, JAMES, etc.
Modifies a noun
bishop: The status of ' prince bishop ' was formally removed in 1835, having long been largely ceremonial.
Noun used with modifier
- half-blood: Magic and fairy stories Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the half-blood prince.
- crown: The king of Hawaii ranked above the crown prince of imperial Germany.
- clown: The clown prince of football is a Burnley player.
- merchant: On the streets of Spitalfields, some of the houses created by these merchant princes stand today.
- fairy: It's the fairy dwelling of a fairy prince.
Browse dictionary entries near prince
- ‹ prin
- ‹ primus inter pares
- ‹ primum mobile
- ‹ primula
- ‹ primrose path
- ‹ primrose
- ‹ primp
- ‹ primordium
- ‹ primordial
- ‹ primogeniture

