What is the difference between prince and archduke?
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*, I.42:
*:Truely, to see our Princes all alone, sitting at their meat, beleagred round with so many talkers, whisperers, and gazing beholders, unknowne what they are or whence they come, I have often rather pittied than envied them.
*2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin, 2010, p.600:
*:By his last years Erasmus realized that princes like Henry VIII and François I had deceived him in their elaborate negotiations for universal peace, but his belief in the potential of princely power for good remained undimmed.
*2009 , (Hilary Mantel), Wolf Hall , Fourth Estate, 2010, p.411:
*:If Henry does not fully trust him, is it surprising? A prince is alone: in his council chamber, in his bedchamber, and finally in Hell's antechamber, stripped – as Harry Percy said – for Judgment.
(obsolete) A female monarch.
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*:Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex.
Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person.
:He is a prince among men.
The (male) ruler or head of a principality.
*2011 , Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian , 26 June:
*:He is the prince who never grew up – a one-time playboy and son of the Hollywood star Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco.
A male member of a royal family other than the ruler; especially (in the United Kingdom) the son or grandson of the monarch.
A non-royal high title of nobility, especially in France and the Holy Roman Empire.
:Prince Louis de Broglie won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physics.
*2011 , Katharine Whitehorn, The Guardian , 16 October:
*:Conspiracy theories are always enticing: one I was involved with in the 50s was about Mayerling, the 19th-century Austrian scandal involving a prince ’s lover who died in dodgy circumstances in a hunting lodge.
A common name of the mushroom Agaricus augustus .
A type of court card used in Tarot cards, the equivalent to the Jack.
The son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Archduke is a related term of prince.
As nouns the difference between prince and archduke
is that prince is a (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch while archduke is the son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.As a proper noun Prince
is the title of a prince.prince
English
(wikipedia prince)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* The female equivalent is princess . * A prince is usually addressed as "Your Highness". A son of a king is "His Royal Highness"; a son of an emperor is "His Imperial Highness". A sovereign prince may have a style such as "His Serene Highness".Synonyms
* (mushroom) Agaricus augustusHypernyms
* rulerCoordinate terms
* duke * emperor * Highness * king * grand dukeSee also
* (Agaricus augustus) * (Agaricus augustus)External links
* *Anagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----archduke
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(wikipedia archduke)Noun
(en noun)- World War I traditionally started with the assassination of Archduke Francis (Franz) Ferdinand.