prince royal
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of prince royal
First recorded in 1655–65
Example Sentences
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My patience, or rather my impatience, has not been exposed to any very severe trial: I have seen the prince royal twice.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various
The king and the prince royal took their places within the pavilion, while the guests occupied a lofty amphitheatre raised without; the little hills to the right and left were crowded with curious spectators.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various
Charmides started to find himself gazing into the deep-blue eyes of Belshazzar, the prince royal.
From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton
The prince royal remained two hours with us: he is now freer, and can leave his father more easily, because his brothers, Albert and Clement, are in Warsaw.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various
The prince royal quite insisted that my name should be given to the little one, but Barbara would not agree to that; she said that we owed the preference to our mother's name.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various
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