prince en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /pɹɪns/
- prĭns
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Middle English prince, from Anglo-Norman prince, from Latin prī̆nceps (“first head”), from prīmus (“first”) + capiō (“seize, take”). Cognate with Old English fruma (“prince, ruler”). Doublet of princeps and principe. Displaced English atheling (“prince”), from Middle English, from Old English æþeling (“prince”). Displaced also Middle English kinebarn (from cynebearn, literally “kinbairn”, i.e. “royal child”), alder < ealdor (“elder, leader, chief, prince, king”), and drighten < dryhten (“lord”).
Meanings
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(archaic, historical) A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch.
If Henry does not fully trust him, is it surprising? A prince is alone: in his council chamber, in his bedchamber, and finally in Hell's antechamber, stripped – as Harry Percy said – for Judgment.
2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 411:Truely, to see our Princes all alone, sitting at their meat, beleagred round with so many talkers, whisperers, and gazing beholders, unknowne what they are or whence they come, I have often rather pittied than envied them.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 42, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:By his last years Erasmus realized that princes like Henry VIII and François I had deceived him in their elaborate negotiations for universal peace, but his belief in the potential of princely power for good remained undimmed.
2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 600:
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(obsolete) A female monarch.
Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex.
1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:
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Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person.
In some respects the intellectual is indeed closer to the philosopher than to any specialist, and the philosopher is in more than one sense a sort of prince among the intellectuals.
1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 423:He is a prince among men.
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The (male) ruler or head of a principality.
He is the prince who never grew up – a one-time playboy and son of the Hollywood star Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco.
2011 June 26, Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian:
- A male member of a royal family other than the ruler; especially (in the United Kingdom) the son or grandson of the monarch.
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A non-royal high title of nobility, especially in France and the Holy Roman Empire.
Conspiracy theories are always enticing: one I was involved with in the 50s was about Mayerling, the 19th-century Austrian scandal involving a prince’s lover who died in dodgy circumstances in a hunting lodge.
2011 October 16, Katharine Whitehorn, The Guardian:Prince Louis de Broglie won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physics.
- 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| princes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
grand duke · king · Highness · emperor · duke
Deriveds
water prince · princeless · princeship · dark fuck prince · Prince Albert cage · Prince George County · finger prince · Prince Charles spaniel · happy as a prince · princified · prince-primate · pearly prince · princelike · prince charming · Prince Edward · princeling · Prince George's County · princewood · Princes Risborough · grand prince · Prince Rupert · princeful · Nigerian prince · coprince · crown prince · clown prince · Prince William County · Nigerian prince scam · Prince George · princekin · Prince Edward County · black prince · Princetown · Princes End · Prince Frederick · princelet · princehood · Princeville · Prince Bernhard's titi monkey · prince bishop · prince-bishop · prince regent · merprince · Prince William Sound · prince consort · archprince · merchant prince
Descendants
Hypernyms
Relateds
principle · principicide · princedom · principal · princely · principality · princeps · princess
Translations (348)
ru князь (male ruler or head of a principality) · cu кънѧзь (male ruler or head of a principality) · vi vương tử (male ruler or head of a principality) · sv prins (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · bar Fiascht (male ruler or head of a principality) · bo རྒྱལ་སྲས (male ruler or head of a principality) · orv кнѧзь (male ruler or head of a principality) · pt príncipe (male ruler or head of a principality) · fo prinsur (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · br priñs (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · mnc ᠸᠠᠩ (male ruler or head of a principality) · to pilinisi (male ruler or head of a principality) · khb ᦈᧁᦌᦻ (male ruler or head of a principality) · grc πρῖγκιψ (male ruler or head of a principality) · bn রাজপুত্র (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · af prins (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ru принц (male ruler or head of a principality) · nrf prînce (male ruler or head of a principality) · id putera (male ruler or head of a principality) · it principe (male ruler or head of a principality) · km ព្រះអង្គម្ចាស់ (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · az şahzadə (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · uk принц (male ruler or head of a principality) · bua тайжа (male ruler or head of a principality) · xal хунтәҗ (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · de Fürst (male ruler or head of a principality) · lo ເຈົ້າຊາຍ (male ruler or head of a principality) · ur شَہْزادَہ (male ruler or head of a principality) · prs شَاهْزَادَه (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · be князь (male ruler or head of a principality) · ja 候 (male ruler or head of a principality) · he נָסִיךְ (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · sk princ (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · km អ្នកអង្គម្ចាស់ (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · prs شَاهْزَادَه (male ruler or head of a principality) · gv prinse (male ruler or head of a principality) · ja 公 (male ruler or head of a principality) · bg ца́рска печу́рка (Agaricus augustus) · pam datu (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · hu uralkodó (male ruler or head of a principality) · pam datu (male ruler or head of a principality) · ar أَمِير (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · da fyrste (male ruler or head of a principality) · orv кънѧзь (male ruler or head of a principality) · pl książę (male ruler or head of a principality) · pam pirinsipi (male ruler or head of a principality) · tr prens (male ruler or head of a principality) · ur راج کُمار (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ar أَمِير (male ruler or head of a principality) · id pangeran (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ug شاھزادە (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ms putera (male ruler or head of a principality) · hi शहज़ादा (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · bg принц (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · mn хан хүү (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · sh králjević (male ruler or head of a principality) · fr prince (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · hi शहज़ादा (male ruler or head of a principality) · et vürst (male ruler or head of a principality) · kk шаһзада (male ruler or head of a principality) · tl prinsipe (male ruler or head of a principality) · to pilinisi (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · sh кра́љевић (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · hy իշխան (male ruler or head of a principality) · cmn 郡王 (male ruler or head of a principality) · nb fyrst (male ruler or head of a principality) · ga prionsa (male ruler or head of a principality) · gv flah (male ruler or head of a principality) · bn শাহজাদা (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ckb میر (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · bn আমীরজাদা (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · sh кра́љевић (male ruler or head of a principality) · mnc ᡤᡠᠩ (male ruler or head of a principality) · be царэ́віч (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · as কোঁৱৰ (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ms pangeran (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · tg амир (male ruler or head of a principality) · mi piriniha (male ruler or head of a principality) · ang æþeling (male ruler or head of a principality) · ps شازاده (male ruler or head of a principality) · kw pennsevik (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · sh при̏нц (male ruler or head of a principality) · ms pengiran (in Brunei) (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · la prīnceps (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ast príncipe (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · is mikilmenni ((figuratively) great person) · pl książę (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · fr prince (male ruler or head of a principality) · mn агь (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ps اميرزاده (male ruler or head of a principality) · nrf prînce (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · dsb wjerch (male ruler or head of a principality) · gd flath (male ruler or head of a principality) · az şahzadə (male ruler or head of a principality) · inh аьла (male ruler or head of a principality) · uk принц (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · tl prinsipe (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · cmn 王 (male ruler or head of a principality) · grc αἰσυμνητήρ (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · be прынц (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · prs اَمِیر (male ruler or head of a principality) · hi राजकुमार (male ruler or head of a principality) · fo prinsur (male ruler or head of a principality) · qu awki (male ruler or head of a principality) · tl lakan (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · gd prionnsa (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · lv princis (male ruler or head of a principality) · ga flaith (male ruler or head of a principality) · vo hiplin (male ruler or head of a principality) · es príncipe (male ruler or head of a principality) · cy tywysog (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · nl prins (male ruler or head of a principality) · et prints (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · is prins (male ruler or head of a principality) · la prīnceps (male ruler or head of a principality) · sh cȁrević (male ruler or head of a principality) · fa-ira شاهْزادِه (male ruler or head of a principality) · sh prȉnc ((figuratively) great person) · hi युवराज (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · bn আমীরজাদা (male ruler or head of a principality) · yi פּרינץ (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · hi युवराज (male ruler or head of a principality) · kw pennsevik (male ruler or head of a principality) · ky канзада (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · km ព្រះអង្គម្ចាស់ (male ruler or head of a principality) · egy i-n:p-w-A42 (male ruler or head of a principality) · nn fyrst (male ruler or head of a principality) · cu ⰽⱏⱀⱔⰷⱐ (male ruler or head of a principality) · vi hoàng tử (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · pt maioral ((figuratively) great person) · gv prinse (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ko 대군 (male ruler or head of a principality) · ka უფლისწული (male ruler or head of a principality) · ro prinț (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · hu herceg (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · sh cȁrević (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · sv furste (male ruler or head of a principality) · bg принц ((figuratively) great person) · yi בן־מלך (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · lb Prënz (male ruler or head of a principality) · tk şazada (male ruler or head of a principality) · sk knieža (male ruler or head of a principality) · pam lakan (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ur راجْکُمار (male ruler or head of a principality) · cmn 皇子 (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · nl prins (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ru короле́вич (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · de Königsenkel (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · kk ханзада (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · nn prins (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · hi कुँवर (male ruler or head of a principality) · sm purinise (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · jv ꦥꦔꦺꦫꦤ꧀ (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · dsb princ (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · th เจ้าชาย (male ruler or head of a principality) · mi piriniha (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · br priñs (male ruler or head of a principality) · sh králjević (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · bn রাজপুত্র (male ruler or head of a principality) · gd prionnsa (male ruler or head of a principality) · fi prinssi (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · lt princas (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · sa कुमार (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ja 王子 (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · de Prinz (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · mnc ᠪᡝᡳᠯᡝ (male ruler or head of a principality) · el βασιλόπουλο (male ruler or head of a principality) · hu óriás csiperke (Agaricus augustus) · ro prinț (male ruler or head of a principality) · ja 皇子 (male ruler or head of a principality) · zlw-ocs královic (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · uk царе́вич (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · cu ⰽⱏⱀⱔⰸⱐ (male ruler or head of a principality) · ru царе́вич (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · fi upeaherkkusieni (Agaricus augustus) · eo reĝido (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · da prins (male ruler or head of a principality) · sm aloalii (male ruler or head of a principality) · sh при̏нц ((figuratively) great person) · haw kamāliʻi kāne (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · bo རྒྱལ་བུ (male ruler or head of a principality) · tl lakan (male ruler or head of a principality) · tr şehzade (male ruler or head of a principality) · id pangeran (male ruler or head of a principality) · ps شاهزاده (male ruler or head of a principality) · ast príncipe (male ruler or head of a principality) · ota پرنس (male ruler or head of a principality) · mk кнез (male ruler or head of a principality) · be карале́віч (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · my မင်းသား (male ruler or head of a principality) · ms putera (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · sq princ (male ruler or head of a principality) · el πρίγκιπας ((figuratively) great person) · pt príncipe (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · te యువరాజు (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · tr şehzade (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · yi פּרינץ (male ruler or head of a principality) · is prins ((figuratively) great person) · ky канзаада (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · sw mkuu (male ruler or head of a principality) · bar Fiarst (male ruler or head of a principality) · da prins (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · uz amir (male ruler or head of a principality) · ur شَہْزادَہ (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · sh ца̏ревић (male ruler or head of a principality) · vi vương tử (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · cmn 王爵 (male ruler or head of a principality) · uk короле́вич (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · fa-ira شاهْزادِه (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · be прынц (male ruler or head of a principality) · cs kníže (male ruler or head of a principality) · kmr mîr (male ruler or head of a principality) · la regulus (male ruler or head of a principality) · ca príncep (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · hu királyfi (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · uk князь (male ruler or head of a principality) · de König ((figuratively) great person) · vi hoàng tử (male ruler or head of a principality) · fo fúrsti (male ruler or head of a principality) · eo princo (male ruler or head of a principality) · lt princas (male ruler or head of a principality) · cs princ (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · lv princis (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · cu кънѧѕь (male ruler or head of a principality) · sh при̏нц (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · nn fyrste (male ruler or head of a principality) · pl kniaź (male ruler or head of a principality) · myv каназор (male ruler or head of a principality) · my မင်းသား (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ky падышазада (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · hi कुँवर (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · az əmir (male ruler or head of a principality) · mnc ᠪᡝᡳᠰᡝ (male ruler or head of a principality) · ce э̄ла (male ruler or head of a principality) · tg шоҳзода (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · tk knýaz (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · sl knez (male ruler or head of a principality) · kk ханзада (male ruler or head of a principality) · gd laoch ((figuratively) great person) · is prins (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · fa-ira اَمیر (male ruler or head of a principality) · de Königssohn (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · el άρχοντας ((figuratively) great person) · pam pirinsipi (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · es príncipe (firstborn) (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · as কোঁৱৰ (male ruler or head of a principality) · hi राजकुमार (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · mn ноён (male ruler or head of a principality) · ps شهزاده (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · vo plin (male ruler or head of a principality) · chg شهزاده (male ruler or head of a principality) · ca príncep (male ruler or head of a principality) · ru принц (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · fi kunkku ((figuratively) great person) · tg подшоҳзода (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · tt шаһзадә (male ruler or head of a principality) · cmn 亲王 (male ruler or head of a principality) · ckb میری میران ((figuratively) great person) · fi ruhtinas (male ruler or head of a principality) · ka პრინცი (male ruler or head of a principality) · wa prince (male ruler or head of a principality) · kbd пщы (male ruler or head of a principality) · tk knýaz (male ruler or head of a principality) · grc βασιλείδης (male ruler or head of a principality) · lb Prënz (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · tg шоҳзода (male ruler or head of a principality) · bn শাহজাদা (male ruler or head of a principality) · ps شاهزوى (male ruler or head of a principality) · cmn 王子 (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ga rídhamhna (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · cmn 王子 (male ruler or head of a principality) · gd flath (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ru принц ((figuratively) great person) · ang æþeling (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · bn রাজকুমার (male ruler or head of a principality) · sq princ (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ady пщы (male ruler or head of a principality) · uz shahzoda (male ruler or head of a principality) · cmn 國王 /国王 (male ruler or head of a principality) · it principe (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · is fursti (male ruler or head of a principality) · es conde (male ruler or head of a principality) · sq pringj (male ruler or head of a principality) · cmn 王爷 (male ruler or head of a principality) · he נָסִיךְ (male ruler or head of a principality) · hu fejedelem (male ruler or head of a principality) · nah pilli (male ruler or head of a principality) · tr prens (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · tk şazada (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ky принц (male ruler or head of a principality) · ota شاهزاده (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ur راج کُمار (male ruler or head of a principality) · cs žampion císařský (Agaricus augustus) · ug شاھزادە (male ruler or head of a principality) · su ᮕᮍᮦᮛᮔ᮪ (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · myv инязорцёра (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · gl príncipe (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · he בֶּן מֶלֶךְ (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ota امیر (male ruler or head of a principality) · uz shahzoda (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ota خان (male ruler or head of a principality) · ja 王子 (male ruler or head of a principality) · pam lakan (male ruler or head of a principality) · sh prȉnc (male ruler or head of a principality) · sq kryezot (male ruler or head of a principality) · af prins (male ruler or head of a principality) · sh ца̏ревић (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ary مير (male ruler or head of a principality) · bg княз (male ruler or head of a principality) · ko 대공 (male ruler or head of a principality) · gd prionnsa ((figuratively) great person) · cy tywysog (male ruler or head of a principality) · bg принц (male ruler or head of a principality) · mnc ᠠᡤᡝ (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · sm purinise (male ruler or head of a principality) · hy արքայազն (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · nb prins (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · la regulus (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ml രാജകുമാരന് (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · sh prȉnc (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ka პრინცი (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · tr beyrek (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · sv kungschampinjon (Agaricus augustus) · ja 大公 (male ruler or head of a principality) · ky канзаада (male ruler or head of a principality) · ga prionsa (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · el πρίγκιπας (male ruler or head of a principality) · bn যুবরাজ (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · nb fyrste (male ruler or head of a principality) · ko 왕자 (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · bn রাজকুমার (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · el πρίγκιπας (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · gl príncipe (male ruler or head of a principality) · pdt Prins (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · mk принц (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ur راجْکُمار (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ga mac rí (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · ur اَمِیر (male ruler or head of a principality) · cs pečárka císařská (Agaricus augustus) · ykh тайджи (male ruler or head of a principality) · txb mäñcuṣke (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · th เจ้า (male ruler or head of a principality) · pro prince (male ruler or head of a principality) · vo leson (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · sl princ (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) · mk принц (male ruler or head of a principality) · xpr 𐫇𐫏𐫘𐫛𐫇𐫍𐫡 (male ruler or head of a principality) · es infante (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch)