prince(n = noun.person) - a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign);
is a kind of aristocrat, blue blood, patrician
is a member of royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty
has particulars: archduke, crown prince, dauphin, grand duke, maharaja, maharajah, elector, prince consort, princeling, princeling, prince of wales, cyrus, cyrus the younger, edward, edward antony richard louis, prince edward, duke of edinburgh, philip, prince philip, prince rupert, rupert
Derived forms noun princedom2, noun princedom1, adjective princely2
1. The one of highest rank; one holding the highest place and authority; a sovereign; a monarch; -- originally applied to either sex, but now rarely applied to a female. Wyclif (Rev. i. 5). [1913 Webster]
"Go, Michael, of celestial armies prince." [1913 Webster]
"Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex." [1913 Webster]
2. The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal family; as, princes of the blood. Shak. [1913 Webster]
3. A title belonging to persons of high rank, differing in different countries. In England it belongs to dukes, marquises, and earls, but is given to members of the royal family only. In Italy a prince is inferior to a duke as a member of a particular order of nobility; in Spain he is always one of the royal family. [1913 Webster]
4. The chief of any body of men; one at the head of a class or profession; one who is preëminent; as, a merchant prince; a prince of players. Peacham. [1913 Webster]
To play the prince. Shak. [1913 Webster]
prince, n. (as a title usu. Prince)
1 a male member of a royal family other than a reigning king.
2 (in full prince of the blood) a son or grandson of a British monarch.
3 a ruler of a small State, actually or nominally subject to a king or emperor.
4 (as an English rendering of foreign titles) a noble usu. ranking next below a duke.
5 (as a courtesy title in some connections) a duke, marquis, or earl.
6 (often foll. by of) the chief or greatest (the prince of novelists).
Idiom:
Prince Charming an idealized young hero or lover. prince consort
1 the husband of a reigning female sovereign who is himself a prince.
2 the title conferred on him. Prince of Darkness Satan. Prince of Peace Christ. Prince of Wales the heir apparent to the British throne, as a title conferred by the monarch. Prince Regent a prince who acts as regent, esp. George (afterwards IV) as regent 1811-20. prince royal the eldest son of the reigning monarch. prince's feather a tall plant, Amaranthus hypochondriacus, with feathery spikes of small red flowers. prince's metal a brasslike alloy of copper and zinc.
Derivative:
princedom n. princelet n. princelike adj. princeship n.
Etymology:
ME f. OF f. L princeps principis first, chief, sovereign f. primus first + capere take
N master, padrone, lord, lord paramount, commander, commandant, captain, chief, chieftain, sirdar, sachem, sheik, head, senior, governor, ruler, dictator, leader, boss, cockarouse, sagamore, werowance, lord of the ascendant, cock of the walk, cock of the roost, gray mare, mistress, potentate, liege, liege lord, suzerain, sovereign, monarch, autocrat, despot, tyrant, oligarch, crowned head, emperor, king, anointed king, majesty, imperator, protector, president, stadholder, judge, ceasar, kaiser, czar, tsar, sultan, soldan, grand Turk, caliph, imaum, shah, padishah, sophi, mogul, great mogul, khan, lama, tycoon, mikado, tenno, inca, cazique, voivode, landamman, seyyid, Abuna, cacique, czarowitz, grand seignior, prince, duke, archduke, doge, elector, seignior, marland, margrave, rajah, emir, wali, sheik nizam, nawab, empress, queen, sultana, czarina, princess, infanta, duchess, margravine, czarevna, czarita, maharani, rani, rectrix, regent, viceroy, exarch, palatine, khedive, hospodar, beglerbeg, three-tailed bashaw, pasha, bashaw, bey, beg, dey, scherif, tetrarch, satrap, mandarin, subahdar, nabob, maharajah, burgrave, laird, collector, commissioner, deputy commissioner, woon, the authorities, the powers that be, the government, staff, etat major, aga, official, man in office, person in authority, sircar, sirkar, Sublime Porte, marshal, field marshal, marechal, general, generalissimo, commander in chief, seraskier, hetman, lieutenant general, major general, colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, centurion, skipper, lieutenant, first lieutenant, second lieutenant, sublieutenant, officer, staff officer, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigade major, adjutant, jemidar, ensign, cornet, cadet, subaltern, noncommissioned officer, warrant officer, sergeant, sergeant major, color sergeant, corporal, corporal major, lance corporal, acting corporal, drum major, captain general, dizdar, knight marshal, naik, pendragon, mayor, mayoralty, prefect, chancellor, archon, provost, magistrate, syndic, alcalde, alcaid, burgomaster, corregidor, seneschal, alderman, councilman, committeeman, councilwoman, warden, constable, portreeve, lord mayor, officer, dewan, fonctionnaire, admiral, admiralty, rear admiral, vice admiral, port admiral, commodore, captain, commander, lieutenant, ensign, skipper, mate, master, officer of the day, OD, navarch, da locum melioribus, der Furst ist der erste Diener seines Staats, the prince is the first servant of his state, lord of thy presence and no land beside.
N nobility, rank, condition, distinction, optimacy, blood, pur sang, birth, high descent, order, quality, gentility, blue blood of Castile, ancien regime, high life, haute monde, upper classes, upper ten thousand, the four hundred, elite, aristocracy, great folks, fashionable world, peer, peerage, house of lords, house of peers, lords, lords temporal and spiritual, noblesse, noble, nobleman, lord, lordling, grandee, magnifico, hidalgo, daimio, daimyo, samurai, shizoku, don, donship, aristocrat, swell, three- tailed bashaw, gentleman, squire, squireen, patrician, laureate, gentry, gentlefolk, squirarchy, better sort magnates, primates, optimates, pantisocracy, king, atheling, prince, duke, marquis, marquisate, earl, viscount, baron, thane, banneret, baronet, baronetcy, knight, knighthood, count, armiger, laird, signior, seignior, esquire, boyar, margrave, vavasour, emir, ameer, scherif, sharif, effendi, wali, sahib, chevalier, maharaja, nawab, palsgrave, pasha, rajah, waldgrave, princess, begum, duchess, marchioness, countess, lady, dame, memsahib, Do$a, maharani, rani, personage of distinction, man of distinction, personage of rank, man of rank, personage of mark, man of mark, notables, notabilities, celebrity, bigwig, magnate, great man, star, superstar, big bug, big gun, great gun, gilded rooster, magni nominis umbra, every inch a king, noble, exalted, of rank, princely, titled, patrician, aristocratic, high-, well-born, of gentle blood, genteel, comme il faut, gentlemanlike, courtly, highly respectable, in high quarters, Adel sitzt im Gemuthe nicht im Gebluete, adelig und edel sind zweierlei, noblesse oblige.
N good man, honest man, worthy, good woman, perfect lady, Madonna, model, paragon, good example, hero, heroine, demigod, seraph, angel, innocent, saint, benefactor, philanthropist, Aristides, noble liver, pattern, brick, trump, gem, jewel, good fellow, prince, diamond in the rough, rough diamond, ugly duckling, salt of the earth, one in ten thousand, one in a million, a gentleman and a scholar, pillar of society, pillar of the community, a man among men, si sic omnes!.
black prince, crown prince, lane's prince albert, prince albert, prince albert yew, prince albert's yew, prince charles, prince charming, prince consort, prince edward, prince edward island, prince eugene of savoy, prince fumimaro konoe, prince fumimaro konoye, prince klemens wenzel nepomuk lothar von metternic, prince of darkness, prince of smolensk, prince of wales, prince of wales heath, prince otto eduard leopold von bismarck, prince otto von bismarck, prince peter kropotkin, prince philip, prince rupert
albert(n = noun.person) albert francis charles augustus emmanuel, prince albert - prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861);
is a kind of prince consort
albert, n. a watch-chain with a bar at one end for attaching to a buttonhole.
Etymology:
Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, d. 1861
albert abraham michelson, albert bruce sabin, albert camus, albert edward, albert einstein, albert francis charles augustus emmanuel, albert gore jr., albert michelson, albert sabin, albert schweitzer, albert speer, albert szent-gyorgyi, albert von szent-gyorgyi, albert ware, cole albert porter, edgar albert guest, francis albert sinatra, fritz albert lipmann, henri rene albert guy de maupassant, james albert michener, lake albert, lake albert nyanza, lane's prince albert, prince albert, prince albert yew, sauce albert, theodore herman albert dreiser
1. yew(n = noun.plant) - wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows;
is a kind of wood
2. yew(n = noun.plant) - any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves;
is a kind of conifer, coniferous tree
is a member of family taxaceae, taxaceae, yew family
has particulars: california nutmeg, nutmeg-yew, torreya californica, stinking cedar, stinking yew, torrey tree, torreya taxifolia, english yew, old world yew, taxus baccata, california yew, pacific yew, taxus brevifolia, western yew, japanese yew, taxus cuspidata, florida yew, taxus floridana, austrotaxus spicata, new caledonian yew, pseudotaxus chienii, white-berry yew
See Yaw. [1913 Webster]
1. An evergreen tree (
2. The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain. [1913 Webster]
" The
3. A bow for shooting, made of the yew. [1913 Webster]
Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock. [1913 Webster]
yew, n.
1 any dark-leaved evergreen coniferous tree of the genus Taxus, having seeds enclosed in a fleshy red aril, and often planted in churchyards.
2 its wood, used formerly as a material for bows and still in cabinet-making.
Etymology:
OE iw, eow f. Gmc
N vegetable, vegetable kingdom, flora, verdure, plant, tree, shrub, bush, creeper, herb, herbage, grass, annual, perennial, biennial, triennial, exotic, timber, forest, wood, woodlands, timberland, hurst, frith, holt, weald, park, chase, greenwood, brake, grove, copse, coppice, bocage, tope, clump of trees, thicket, spinet, spinney, underwood, brushwood, scrub, boscage, bosk, ceja, chaparal, motte, arboretum, bush, jungle, prairie, heath, heather, fern, bracken, furze, gorse, whin, grass, turf, pasture, pasturage, turbary, sedge, rush, weed, fungus, mushroom, toadstool, lichen, moss, conferva, mold, growth, alfalfa, alfilaria, banyan, blow, blowth, floret, petiole, pin grass, timothy, yam, yew, zinnia, foliage, branch, bough, ramage, stem, tigella, spray, leaf, flower, blossom, bine, flowering plant, timber tree, fruit tree, pulse, legume, vegetable, vegetal, vegetive, vegitous, herbaceous, herbal, botanic, sylvan, silvan, arborary, arboreous, arborescent, arborical, woody, grassy, verdant, verdurous, floral, mossy, lignous, ligneous, wooden, leguminous, vosky, cespitose, turf-like, turfy, endogenous, exogenous, green-robed senators of mighty woods, this is the forest primeval.
california yew, english yew, florida yew, japanese yew, new caledonian yew, old world yew, pacific yew, parasite yew, plum-fruited yew, prince albert yew, prince albert's yew, stinking yew, western yew, white-berry yew, yew family