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prince

noun US /prɪns/

a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)

How often you will meet it

Rank 501 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 40,256 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.019% of every word in the library.

It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.

What it means

noun

  1. a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

prince in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • As to the fate of the young prince, accounts differ.

    A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1

  • Just imagine boys and girls not knowing about the adventures of the Prince in Lantern Land!

    The Firelight Fairy Book · Henry Beston · Chapter 1

  • No prince came to the leaguer of Troy from a home more remote than that of Odysseus.

    The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1

  • Now, if YOU had been the Prince, would you not rather have stayed with the pretty witch-maiden?

    The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1

  • It makes me think of nothing else but when the Prince of the Power of the Air wanted to be God.

    The City of Fire · Grace Livingston Hill · Chapter 1

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