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a male heir apparent to a throne.

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Origin of crown prince

First recorded in 1785–95

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Speaking of Mohammed, he boasted in an interview with Bob Woodward that he had “saved his ass” from congressional attempts to hold the crown prince responsible.
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On that trip, the crown prince visited Google and met with its top executives.
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Her post-crown fame, though, only further begs the question: Why has there not been another Jewish Miss America since 1945?
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The new claims present numerous big problems for Prince Andrew.
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Prince may have pranced around like a carefree libertine onstage, but in rehearsal he was more drill sergeant than sprite.
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Prince George and his parents are enjoying their first Christmas in their magnificent country home.
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It had a wide brim and a tall crown, which created an insulated pocket of air and could also be used to carry water.
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And it would be hard indeed, if so remote a prince's notions of virtue and vice were to be offered as a standard for all mankind.
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At the end of the campaign the Emperor justly rewarded his lieutenant by creating him Prince of Wagram.
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He professed both to abominate and despise all mystery, refinement, and intrigue, either in a prince or a minister.
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You will follow the suite of my daughter to Spain, and you will become the bosom Counsellor of the wife of your Prince?
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Thereon the major-general took on himself to nominate Prince Eugne as Murat's successor.
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British Dictionary definitions for crown prince

crown prince

noun

the male heir to a sovereign throne

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