prince
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 →
2) A prince can be a man who rules a small country. tree →
3) In stories a prince is a royal young man, often a hero. tree →
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 →
- In the story the frog turned into a prince. tree →
- Prince Charming found Cinderella with the glass slipper. tree →
- The young prince will be king one day. tree →
- Monaco is ruled by a prince. tree →
- She dressed up as a prince for the play. tree →
- "But why not?" inquired the prince. tree →
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.
- In November 2019 Prince Andrew stepped back from public duties after a BBC interview about his friendship with a man convicted of serious crimes.
- 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,
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «prince» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.