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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Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) announced it in 2017, a high-tech series of developments covering 27,000 square kilometres of Tabuk province bordering on Saudi Arabia’s pristine and undeveloped Red Sea coastline.
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James Montague, New York Times, 18 May 2025
The Saudi crown prince made those remarks at a Gulf Arab leaders' summit with Trump, and Qatar's ruling emir was heard raising the issue with Trump upon his arrival to Doha on Wednesday.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 15 May 2025
This was in addition to $600 billion that the Saudi crown prince pledged to invest in the United States over the next four years.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
And the event’s top sponsor was Fatal Fury, a fighting game from SNK, a video-game company recently acquired by the foundation of Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 May 2025
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James Montague, New York Times, 18 May 2025
The Saudi crown prince made those remarks at a Gulf Arab leaders' summit with Trump, and Qatar's ruling emir was heard raising the issue with Trump upon his arrival to Doha on Wednesday.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 15 May 2025
This was in addition to $600 billion that the Saudi crown prince pledged to invest in the United States over the next four years.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
And the event’s top sponsor was Fatal Fury, a fighting game from SNK, a video-game company recently acquired by the foundation of Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 May 2025
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“Crown prince.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crown%20prince. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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