crown prince
noun
1
: a male heir apparent to a crown or throne
2
: one prepared or favored to fill a prospective position
Examples of crown prince in a Sentence
the Crown Prince of Spain
He's been heralded as the crown prince of jazz.
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Zelenskyy was to meet with the kingdom’s powerful crown prince Monday evening.
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Matthew Lee, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
Zelensky was to meet with the kingdom’s powerful crown prince Monday evening.
—Matthew Lee and Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2025
Zelenskyy will travel to Saudi Arabia on Monday to meet with the kingdom's crown prince and de facto ruler, Mohammed bin Salman.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2025
Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images Rubio, who also met the Saudi crown prince separately on Monday, reiterated at the time that Kyiv would need to accept Russian control of some of its territory as part of a wider peace deal.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
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Matthew Lee, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
Zelensky was to meet with the kingdom’s powerful crown prince Monday evening.
—Matthew Lee and Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2025
Zelenskyy will travel to Saudi Arabia on Monday to meet with the kingdom's crown prince and de facto ruler, Mohammed bin Salman.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2025
Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images Rubio, who also met the Saudi crown prince separately on Monday, reiterated at the time that Kyiv would need to accept Russian control of some of its territory as part of a wider peace deal.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Crown prince.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crown%20prince. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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