prince
(noun) a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Prince (plural Princes)
The title of a prince
A surname for someone who acted like a prince, or played the part in a pageant, or served in the household of a prince
A male given name from English in occasional use
The musician Prince Rogers Nelson
• (given name): Princess (female equivalent)
• pincer
prince (plural princes)
(now, archaic or historical) A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch. [from 13th c.]
(obsolete) A female monarch.
Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person. [from 13th c.]
The (male) ruler or head of a principality. [from 14th c.]
A male member of a royal family other than the ruler; especially (in the United Kingdom) the son or grandson of the monarch. [from 14th c.]
A non-royal high title of nobility, especially in France and the Holy Roman Empire.
The mushroom Agaricus augustus.
A type of court card used in tarot cards, the equivalent of the jack.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Rohana.
• 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".
• (mushroom): Agaricus augustus
• ruler
• duke
• emperor
• grand duke
• Highness
• king
• pincer
Source: Wiktionary
Prince, n. Etym: [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). Go, Michael, of celestial armies prince. Milton. Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex. Camden.
2. The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal family; as, princes of the blood. Shak.
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.
4. The chief of any body of men; one at the head of a class or profession; one who is preëminent; as, a merchant prince; a prince of players. "The prince of learning." Peacham. 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.
Prince, v. i.
Definition: To play the prince. [R.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
