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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Masdar, which the Emirates’ crown prince helped Mr. al-Jaber found in 2006, is now partly owned by Adnoc, as well as by TAQA, the Emirates’ national gas company, and Mubadala, its biggest state-run investment firm.
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Max Bearak Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
Following Napoleon Bonaparte’s exile to Elba, kings and crown princes, ministers and spies, noble ladies and mistresses, soldiers of fortune, inventors, artists and concubines celebrate and negotiate in Vienna, where the fate of Europe is ultimately decided on the dance floor and in the boudoir.
—Ed Meza, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024
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Max Bearak Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
Following Napoleon Bonaparte’s exile to Elba, kings and crown princes, ministers and spies, noble ladies and mistresses, soldiers of fortune, inventors, artists and concubines celebrate and negotiate in Vienna, where the fate of Europe is ultimately decided on the dance floor and in the boudoir.
—Ed Meza, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024
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“Crown prince.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crown%20prince. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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