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English

Etymology

From , from {{term|princeps||first head|lang=la}}, from {{term|primus||first|lang=la}} + {{term|ceps||head|lang=la}}, related to {{term|capitus||head|lang=la}}.

Pronunciation

  • prĭns, /prɪns/, /prIns/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-prince.ogg
  • Rhymes: -ɪns, -ɪnts
  • Homophones: prints


Noun

  1. Male ruler or head of a principality.
  2. Son or male-line grandson of a reigning prince, king, queen, emperor, or empress, or another type of monarch.
  3. Great person.
  4. : He is a prince among men.
  5. A common name of the mushroom Agaricus augustus.


Related terms


Translations

  • Croatian: {{t-|hr|princ|m}}
  • Finnish:
  • Hungarian: ,
  • Icelandic: {{t+|is|prins|m}}, {{t-|is|fursti|m}}
  • Japanese: (, ōji)
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|князь|m|tr=kn'az'|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|принц|m|tr=princ|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Slovene: {{t+|sl|knez|m}}
  • Croatian: {{t-|hr|princ|m}}
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|princ|m}}
  • Estonian:
  • Finnish:
  • Hungarian:
  • Icelandic: {{t+|is|prins|m}}
  • Kurdish: {{t+|ku|میر|sc=KUchar}}
  • Malay: {{t-|ms|putra|xs=Malay}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|принц|m|tr=princ|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Slovene: {{t+|sl|princ|m}}
  • Croatian: {{t-|hr|princ|m}}
  • Finnish:
  • Finnish:

Usage notes

The female equivalent is princess.

A prince is usually addressed as "Your Highness". A son of a king is "His Royal Highness"; a son of an emperor is "His Imperial Highness". A sovereign prince may have a style such as "His Serene Highness".

See also


Category:Mushrooms Category:Nobility

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French

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Fr-prince.ogg
  • IPA: /prɛ̃s/


Noun

  1. prince


Related terms


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Prince \Prince\, v. i.
To play the prince. [R.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Prince \Prince\, n. [F., from L. princeps, -cipis, the first,
chief; primus first + capere to take. See Prime, a., and
Capacious.]
1. 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.
--Wyclif (Rev. i. 5).
[1913 Webster]

Go, Michael, of celestial armies prince. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex.
--Camden.
[1913 Webster]

2. The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal
family; as, princes of the blood. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

3. 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.
[1913 Webster]

4. The chief of any body of men; one at the head of a class
or profession; one who is pre["e]minent; as, a merchant
prince; a prince of players. "The prince of learning."
--Peacham.
[1913 Webster]

Prince-Albert coat, a long double-breasted frock coat for
men.

Prince of the blood, Prince consort, {Prince of
darkness}. See under Blood, Consort, and Darkness.

Prince of Wales, the oldest son of the English sovereign.


Prince's feather (Bot.), a name given to two annual herbs
(Amarantus caudatus and Polygonum orientale), with
apetalous reddish flowers arranged in long recurved
panicled spikes.

Prince's metal, Prince Rupert's metal. See under Metal.

Prince's pine. (Bot.) See Pipsissewa.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet prince
n : a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign
(especially the son of a sovereign)
Moby Dictionary
Muslim rulers , Prinz , acceptable person , anointed king , atheling ,
baron , capital fellow , chief , chieftain , crown prince ,
crowned head , czar , diamond , dynast , emir , emperor , gem , gentleman ,
good fellow , good lot , good man , good person , good sort ,
good woman , grand duke , heir apparent , heir presumptive ,
high chief , honest man , imperator , jewel , khan , king , king-emperor ,
kinglet , knez , lady , lord paramount , majesty , mensch , merchant ,
mirza , monarch , overlord , paramount , pearl , perfect gentleman ,
perfect lady , persona grata , petty king , potentate , prince consort ,
prince regent , princeling , princes of India , real man , right sort ,
rough diamond , royal , royal personage , royalty , ruler , shahzada ,
sheikh , sherif , sovereign , suzerain , tetrarch , tycoon , worthy


Prince the title generally applied to the chief men of the state. The "princes of the provinces" (1 Kings 20:14) were the governors or lord-lieutenants of the provinces. So also the "princes" mentioned in Dan. 6:1, 3, 4, 6, 7 were the officers who administered the affairs of the provinces; the "satraps" (as rendered in R.V.). These are also called "lieutenants" (Esther 3:12; 8:9; R.V., "satraps"). The promised Saviour is called by Daniel (9:25) "Messiah the Prince" (Heb. nagid); compare Acts 3:15; 5:31. The angel Micheal is called (Dan. 12:1) a "prince" (Heb. sar, whence "Sarah," the "princes").
PRINCE. In a general sense, a sovereign the ruler of a nation or state. The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal family; as, princes of the blood. The chief of any body of men. 2. By a clause inserted in policies of insurance, the insurer is liable for all losses occasioned by "arrest or detainment of all kings, princes, and people, of what nation, condition, or quality soever." 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 1218.
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