English > prince: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign). |
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| Instances | Cyrus, Cyrus the Younger | Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC) |
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| Edward, Prince Edward, Edward Antony Richard Louis | Third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964) |
| Philip, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921) |
| Rupert, Prince Rupert | English leader (born in Germany) of the Royalist forces during the English Civil War (1619-1682) |
| Member of | royalty, royal family, royal line, royal house | royal persons collectively |
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| Narrower | Elector | Any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire |
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| Prince of Wales | The male heir apparent of the British sovereign |
| archduke | A sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria |
| crown prince | A male heir apparent to a throne |
| dauphin | formerly, the eldest son of the King of France and direct heir to the throne |
| grand duke | A prince who rules a territory |
| maharaja, maharajah | A great raja |
| prince consort | A prince who is the husband of a reigning female sovereign |
| princeling | A young prince |
| princeling | A petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality |
| Broader | aristocrat, blue blood, patrician | A member of the aristocracy |
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| Spanish | conde, infante, principe, príncipe |
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| Catalan | príncep |
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| Adjectives | princely | having the rank of or befitting a prince |
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| Nouns | princedom | territory ruled by a prince |
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| princedom | the dignity or rank or position of a prince |
