Prince, The
noun
a treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli.
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The Prince(1513) The best-known work of Niccolò Machiavelli, in which he asserts that a prince must use cunning and ruthless methods to stay in power.
Prince, The
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The Prince
Cultural
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In the coming years, he’d fall in love with the music of Tupac Shakur, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, The Notorious B.I.G. and his favorite — the 1980s Brooklyn trio Whodini.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2023
Rapunzel’s Prince: The quickest is pick it apart with a stick.
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023
They follow in the footsteps of Amy Winehouse, Prince, The Rolling Stones, Dave, The Clash and Lady Gaga - who have all chosen the hall for intimate, one-off shows.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2022
There is only one surprise in “A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby,” and I don’t intend to spoil it.
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2019
Judah The Prince The Tannaim were the possessors of what was perhaps the greatest principle that dominated a literature until the close of the eighteenth century.
From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Abrahams, Israel
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