Prince vs Successor - What's the difference?
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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.
A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
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The next heir in order or succession.
A person who inherits a title or office.
(arithmetic, set theory) The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.
As nouns the difference between prince and successor
is that prince is prince while successor is a person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.prince
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(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 ----successor
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(wikipedia successor)Alternative forms
* successour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- George W. Bush was successor to Bill Clinton as President of the US.
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