[prins] 
| 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. | a 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. | a person possessing admirably fine and genial characteristics: He is a prince of a man. |
[prins] | 1. | Harold S(mith) (Hal), born 1928, U.S. stage director and producer. |
| 2. | a male given name. |
| a treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli. |
| prince (prĭns) n.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin prīnceps; see per1 in Indo-European roots.] prince'ship' n. |
| Prince (prĭns) American stage director, producer, and writer whose productions include Damn Yankees (1955) and Fiorello! (1959), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize. |
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").