prince

«prince» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: chief, leader — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic sense

modern equivalent

chief, leader

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A leader or chief, such as the head of a tribe in the Torah, or a chief spirit in Sefer Yetzirah. tree →

how it differs from today

Today a prince is a son or grandson of a king or queen; the old sense of a chief or leader is not used now, and the sentences use it that way.

examples

• On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer: (Torah NUM.7.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• "But why not?" inquired the prince. (The Arabian Nights Entertainments) tree →
• It illuminates the splendor of all lights, and causes a supply of influence to emanate from the Prince of countenances. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →

primary record

prince

tests

rate: sense (≥3 uses in the Torah, ≥10× EWT there, Wiktionary: an archaic sense); corpora 4348 (Torah 45, tales 4301, Sefer Yetzirah 2); EWT 2; ratio 98.5 (Torah alone 21.0); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

In the corpora

• And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
• and the tribe of Zebulun; the prince of the children of Zebulun being Eliab the son of Helon,
• and the tribe of Gad; the prince of the children of Gad being Eliasaph the son of Reuel,
• and next unto him shall be the tribe of Manasseh; the prince of the children of Manasseh being Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur,
• and the tribe of Benjamin; the prince of the children of Benjamin being Abidan the son of Gideoni,

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «prince» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.