Princeton

American  

[prins-tuhn] / ˈprɪns tən /

noun

1. a borough in central New Jersey: battle 1777.

2. Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, one of the Collegiate Peaks of the Sawatch Range, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,197 feet (4,327 meters).

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Princeton British  

/ ˈprɪnstən /

noun

1. a town in central New Jersey: settled by Quakers in 1696; an important educational centre, seat of Princeton University (founded at Elizabeth in 1747 and moved here in 1756); scene of the battle (1777) during the War of American Independence in which Washington's troops defeated the British on the university campus. Pop: 13 577 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

Rep. Lauren Boebert is going viral on social media once again after stumbling through an attempt to compare President Biden to Prince John — an apparent reference to the antagonist from Disney’s “Robin Hood.”

From Washington Times • Mar. 9, 2022

Flynn is Sherwood Forest’s merry troublemaker, a noble Saxon who wages guerrilla war against the diabolical Prince John and the Normans, with de Havilland’s Lady Marian as a persuadable royal.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2020

Little John was a black bear, the Sheriff of Nottingham was a wolf, Friar Tuck was a badger, and perhaps most memorably, Prince John was a thumb-sucking, jewel-encrusted crown-wearing lion.

From The Verge • Apr. 10, 2020

As the legend goes, Prince John and co are only in power because his brother, Richard the Lionheart, is away fighting the Crusades.

From The Guardian • Nov. 22, 2018

It was Celestine’s purpose to lay England under the interdict; but Prince John and the barons still refused to recognize the papal legate, the bishop of Ely.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various