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| archduke |
a title given to a ruling prince, esp. in the former royal families of Austria. |
| Cinderella |
the title character of a common European fairy tale, who, with the help of a fairy godmother, escapes a life of misery and marries a prince. [1/2 definitions] |
| coprince |
combined form of prince. |
| duke |
a high-ranking male nobleman, the ruler of a duchy in Europe or ranked just below a prince in Britain, although, in Britain, a prince may also be a duke. [1/2 definitions] |
| durbar |
in India, the court of a prince. [2 definitions] |
| Hamlet |
in one of Shakespeare's tragedies, the title character, a prince who avenges his father's death by slaying the murderer, his own uncle. |
| Machiavellian |
of, concerning, or befitting the doctrines expressed in Machiavelli's The Prince, in which moral considerations are subordinated to the holding and exercising of political power. [1/3 definitions] |
| Maritime Provinces |
the Canadian provinces on the Atlantic coast; New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. |
| mirza |
a distinguished title following the name of a Persian prince or preceding that of a high government official or distinguished scholar. |
| Paris |
in Greek mythology, the Trojan prince whose abduction of Helen caused the Trojan War. [1/2 definitions] |
| princedom |
the area ruled by a prince; principality. [2 definitions] |
| princeling |
a minor or subordinate prince. |
| princely |
of, pertaining to, or belonging to a prince. [2 definitions] |
| princess |
the spouse of a prince. [1/4 definitions] |
| principality |
the area ruled by a prince. [2 definitions] |
| rajah |
in the Indian subcontinent or the East Indies, a king, prince, chief, or other dignitary. |
| seneschal |
a steward in the household of a medieval prince or noble. |
| sherif |
an Arab ruler, chief, or prince. [1/3 definitions] |
| Siddhartha |
an Indian prince who became a religious philosopher and teacher known as Buddha; founder of Buddhism; Siddhartha Gautama (563?-483? B.C.). (See Buddha.) |
| Trojan War |
in Greek mythology and The Iliad, the ten-year siege of Troy by the Greeks, caused by the abduction of Helen, the wife of a Greek king, by Paris, a Trojan prince. |
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