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# prince

«prince» in Mova's school dictionary: **a son or grandson of a king or queen** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a prince, princes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A prince is a son or grandson of a king or queen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prince/#m1)

2) A prince can be a man who rules a small country. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prince/#m2)

3) In stories a prince is a royal young man, often a hero. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prince/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In fairy tales the prince rescues someone, goes on a quest or marries a princess; but modern stories also show princesses rescuing princes. In history and current life, real princes belong to royal families (for example in the UK). Phrases: Prince Charming, the Little Prince, crown prince (the one who will be king).

### examples

- The prince rode through the dark forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prince/#x1)
- In the story the frog turned into a prince. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prince/#x2)
- Prince Charming found Cinderella with the glass slipper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prince/#x3)
- The young prince will be king one day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prince/#x4)
- Monaco is ruled by a prince. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prince/#x5)
- She dressed up as a prince for the play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prince/#x6)
- "But why not?" inquired the prince. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prince/#x7)

### note

Countable: a prince, princes (pronounced with an extra syllable). Female: princess. Be careful not to confuse «prince» with «prints» — they sound almost the same. «Princely» means generous or fit for a prince.

### In the corpora

- [Prince Philip died on 9 April 2021 aged 99, and the Queen sat alone at his funeral because of Covid distancing rules.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/16/)
- [In November 2019 Prince Andrew stepped back from public duties after a BBC interview about his friendship with a man convicted of serious crimes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/22/)
- [And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.328/)
- [and the tribe of Zebulun; the prince of the children of Zebulun being Eliab the son of Helon,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.60/)
- [and the tribe of Gad; the prince of the children of Gad being Eliasaph the son of Reuel,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.67/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «prince» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prince/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.