prince

noun

\ ˈprin(t)s

Definition of prince

1a : monarch, king

b : the ruler of a principality or state

2 : a male member of a royal family especially : a son of the sovereign

3 : a nobleman of varying rank and status

4 : one likened to a prince especially : a man of high rank or of high standing in his class or profession

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a neighborhood in which the city's merchant princes built palaces that shamelessly celebrated their wealth

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Take New York Times opinion writer Bari Weiss’s himpathetic, and incoherent, response to the initial Kavanaugh accusations, for example: Brett Kavanaugh has a reputation as being a prince of a man, frankly, other than this. — Sean Illing, Vox, "Brett Kavanaugh and the problem of “himpathy”," 28 Sep. 2018 Von Dutch was the king and Dean Jeffries was the prince. — Dan Deluca, Philly.com, "Ry Cooder, one of the great guitarists of all time, will give his first Philadelphia performance in decades," 29 June 2018 His changes amount to a youth revolution directed from the top down, by a prince in his palace, rather than from the bottom up, by angry demonstrators on the streets. — The Economist, "A wild rideRadical reforms in Saudi Arabia are changing the Gulf and the Arab world," 21 June 2018 Kensington Palace tweeted its support for the prince on Sunday. — Hilary Weaver, Vanities, "Prince Harry Reveals He Went to Therapy to Deal with Princess Diana’s Death," 17 Apr. 2017 There’s action: the movie lovingly rips a page out of the Beauty and the Beast playbook and has the prince save Amber from wolves attacking her in the woods. — Kelsea Stahler, Teen Vogue, "Netflix Original Christmas Movies: A Guide to the Cheesy Holiday Flicks," 11 Dec. 2018 Season two—as everyone bemoaned—was largely a dry spell, even as Jamie frequented a brothel with the bonnie prince. — Wendy Naugle, Glamour, "Outlander's Sex Scenes Are More Than Hot—They're Genuinely Feminist," 7 Dec. 2018 Turkish investigators have claimed that Khashoggi was killed by Saudi agents associated with the Saudi prince Mohammad Bin Salman during a visit to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. — Jon Porter, The Verge, "Botnets adapt in wake of Twitter crackdown," 19 Oct. 2018 Margaret falls in love with Stacy’s coworker, while Stacy falls in love with Margaret’s prince fiancé. — Megan Friedman, Country Living, "Here's Every Netflix Original Christmas Movie Coming This Winter," 18 Oct. 2018

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