1
b
: the ruler of a principality or state
2
: a male member of a royal family
especially
: a son of the sovereign
3
: a nobleman of varying rank and status
4
: one likened to a prince
especially
: a man of high rank or of high standing in his class or profession
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a neighborhood in which the city's merchant princes built palaces that shamelessly celebrated their wealth
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Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 29 Dec. 2025
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In a poignant touch, the young prince signed the visitors' book on the same page where his late grandmother Diana and father William previously wrote their names.
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The crown prince was dressed in a Sturgill Simpson Dick Daddy Powder Company T-shirt.
—Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2025
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Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 29 Dec. 2025
Referring to Dragon’s Den, a television show akin to Shark Tank in which participants pitch a business idea to a panel to win funding, the prince explains that talking to other multigenerational wine families with a long-term perspective helps him with investment and planning decisions.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2025
In a poignant touch, the young prince signed the visitors' book on the same page where his late grandmother Diana and father William previously wrote their names.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
The crown prince was dressed in a Sturgill Simpson Dick Daddy Powder Company T-shirt.
—Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2025
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“Prince.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prince. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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prince
noun1
2
: a son or grandson of a monarch : a male member of a royal family
3
: a nobleman of very high rank
4
: a person of high standing in his class or profession
Etymology
Middle English prince "ruler, king," from early French prince (same meaning), from Latin princip-, princeps "leader, initiator," literally, "one who takes the first part," from primus "first" and capere "to take" — related to prime
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