crown prince

noun

|Updated on: 19 Jul 2018

Examples: crown prince in a Sentence

Definition of crown prince

1 : a male heir apparent to a crown or throne

2 : one prepared or favored to fill a prospective position

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Examples of crown prince in a Sentence

the Crown Prince of Spain
He's been heralded as the crown prince of jazz.

Recent Examples of crown prince from the Web

Get our daily newsletter Secular Saudi feminists won international attention in June when Muhammad bin Salman, the reform-leaning Saudi crown prince, ended the kingdom’s ban on women driving.

— The Economist, "Saudi women want more sway in religious affairs," 12 July 2018
Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, and Mohammed bin Salman, the powerful Saudi crown prince, meet at the opening game of the World Cup soccer tournament.

— Fortune, "Watch Out: This Could Be the World Economy's Most Important Week of 2018," 11 June 2018
Any rock star or Hollywood actor would envy the puff pieces Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman currently enjoys in the American press.

— jeet heer, The New Republic, "Mohammed bin Salman and the Death of Foreign Policy Debate," 6 Apr. 2018
Trump to meet with Saudi crown prince President Trump will meet Tuesday with the man who will be the next king of Saudi Arabia.

— editors, USA TODAY, "5 things you need to know Tuesday," 20 Mar. 2018
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Princess Salama: $100 million Extravagant doesn't even begin to describe the seven-day, $100 million celebration for the crown prince of Abu Dhabi and his bride, Princess Salama.

— kayla keegan, Good Housekeeping, "Princess Eugenie's Wedding Will Cost a Lot, But Not Nearly as Much as Other Royal Nuptials," 29 June 2018
Traditionally, Gulf leaders frowned on contact with Israeli government officials, but Otaiba’s boss, Mohammed bin Zayed, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, the most politically important of the emirates, took a different view.

— adam entous, The New Yorker, "Donald Trump’s New World Order," 11 June 2018
Muhammad bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, entered the war in 2015 at the invitation of the government.

— The Economist, "Yemen’s main port could become the next battleground," 7 June 2018
King Abdullah died in January, 2015, at the age of ninety, making way for other Saudi leaders, including the twenty-nine-year-old Mohammad bin Salman, who later became crown prince.

— adam entous, The New Yorker, "Donald Trump’s New World Order," 11 June 2018

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