prince W3 / prɪns / 名词 [可数名词]

1 the son of a king, queen, or prince → princess :

Prince William

2 a male ruler of a small country or state :

Prince Rainier of Monaco

3 the prince of something/a prince among something literary the man who is best at something :

the prince of sculptors

THESAURUS

king the male ruler of a country, who comes from a royal family : George III was the king of England at that time. | King Harald V of Norway

queen a woman who rules a country because she is from a royal family, or the wife of a king : She became queen when she was only 14 years old. | Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

monarch a king or queen : The bishops were appointed by the monarch.

monarchy a country that is ruled by a king or queen, or this type of political system : Britain is a constitutional monarchy. | Some people want the monarchy to be abolished.

prince the son of a king, queen, or prince, or the male ruler of a small country or state : Prince Rainier of Monaco | The prince will inherit the throne when his father dies.

ruler someone such as a king, who has official power over a country and its people : the ruler of Babylonia | General Musharraf was the former military ruler of Pakistan.

emperor the ruler of an empire (= group of countries ) : the Habsburg emperors of the 19th century | Emperor Hirohito

sovereign formal a king or queen : It was hoped that a meeting of the two sovereigns would ease tensions between the countries.

regent someone who governs instead of a king or queen, because the king or queen is ill, absent, or still a child : Edward II left his friend Gaveston as regent.

the crown formal the position of king or queen : Warwick was a loyal servant of the crown.