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• Prince, The
  Prince, The

  noun

  a treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli.
• The Prince
  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

American  

noun

1. a treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli.

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The Prince Cultural  

1. (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.

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Example Sentences

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

Stories appropriate for the fifth grade are "The Happy Prince," "The Knights of the Silver Shield," and "The Prince's Dream."

From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Clippinger, Erle Elsworth