Prince

See also: prince and prînce

English

Proper noun

Prince (countable and uncountable, plural Princes)

  1. The title of a prince
  2. A surname transferred from the nickname for someone who acted like a prince, or played the part in a pageant, or served in the household of a prince
  3. A male given name from English in occasional use
    • 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter XIV, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, OCLC 999756093:
      Young Mr Turveydrop's name is Prince; I wish it wasn't, because it sounds like a dog, but he didn't christen himself. Old Mr Turveydrop had him christened Prince, in remembrance of the Prince Regent.
    Prince Fielder hit another home run today.
  4. The musician Prince Rogers Nelson
  5. A township in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.
  6. A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Meota No. 468, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  7. A census-designated place in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.

Coordinate terms
  • (given name): Princess (female equivalent)

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Prince.

Proper noun

Prince

  1. a male given name from English
  2. the title of a prince

French

Proper noun

Prince ?

  1. a surname

Derived terms

Tagalog

Etymology

From English Prince.

Proper noun

Prince

  1. a male given name from English
  2. the title of a prince
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