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Word entry · 6 letters

prince

Best crossword clue

"King's son, often"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /pɹɪns/Part of speech nounSorted ceinprStarts with PEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Male member of a royal family.

Word origin

From Middle English prince, from Anglo-Norman prince, from Latin prīnceps (“first head”), from prīmus (“first”) + capiō (“seize, take”). Cognate with Old English fruma (“prince, ruler”). Doublet of princeps and principe.

Used in a sentence

  • If Henry does not fully trust him, is it surprising? A prince is alone: in his council chamber, in his bedchamber, and finally in Hell's antechamber, stripped – as Harry Percy said – for Judgment.
  • Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex.
  • He is a prince among men.

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