prince /pɹɪns/noun 10verb 2forms 4 noun10 •a man or a boy in the family of a king or a queen, such as their son •The (male) ruler or head of a principality.He is the prince who never grew up – a one-time playboy and son of the Hollywood star Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco. — 2011 •Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person.He is a prince among men. •The title of a prince. •A non-royal high title of nobility, especially in France and the Holy Roman Empire.Prince Louis de Broglie won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physics. •A type of court card used in tarot cards, the equivalent of the jack. •Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Rohana. •The mushroom Agaricus augustus. •(no longer used, historical) A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch.If Henry does not fully trust him, is it surprising? A prince is alone: in his council chamber, in his bedchamber, and finally in Hell's antechamber, stripped – as Harry Percy said – for Judgment. — 2009 •(no longer used) A female monarch.Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex. — 1605 verb2 •(rare) To behave or act like a prince.The Roofes of Palaces, and Nature prompts them / In simple and lowe things, to Prince it, much / Beyond the tricke of others. — 1611 •(rare) To transform (someone) into a prince.All I could remember is the chorus, and something about pumpkins turning into princesses (???!) and frogs turning into princes. I figured she meant the frog was John before she princed him. — 2005 formsprinced · princing · princes · Princes