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noun
1.
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
2.
History/Historical. a sovereign or monarch; king.
3.
(in Great Britain) a son or grandson (if the child of a son) of a king or queen.
4.
the English equivalent of any of various titles of nobility in other countries.
5.
EXPANDa holder of such a title.
6.
the ruler of a small state, as one actually or nominally subordinate to a suzerain: Monaco is ruled by a prince.
7.
a person or thing that is chief or preeminent in any class, group, etc.: a merchant prince.
8.
COLLAPSEa person possessing admirably fine and genial characteristics: He is a prince of a man.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English < Old French < Latin prīncip- (stem of prīnceps) first, principal (adj.), principal person, leader (noun), equivalent to prīn- for prīmus prime + -cep- (combining form of capere to take) + -s nominative singular ending
1175–1225; Middle English < Old French < Latin prīncip- (stem of prīnceps) first, principal (adj.), principal person, leader (noun), equivalent to prīn- for prīmus prime + -cep- (combining form of capere to take) + -s nominative singular ending
Related forms
prince·less, adjective
prince·ship, noun
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Prince, The
noun (Italian, Il Principe),
a treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli.
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Word Origin & History
prince
earlly 13c., from O.Fr. prince (12c.), from L. princeps (gen. principis) "first, chief, prince," lit. "that takes first" (adj.), from primus "first" (see prime (adj.)) + root of capere "to take" (see capable). Ger. cognate fürst, from O.H.G.
EXPANDfurist "first," is apparently an imitation of the Latin form. Colloquial meaning "admirable or generous person" is from 1911, Amer.Eng.
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Prince definition
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").
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