son of the English sovereign. — Prince's feather (Bot.), a name given to two annual herbs with apetalous
reddish flowers arranged in long recurved panicled spikes. — Prince's metal, Prince Rupert's metal.
See under Metal. Prince's pine. (Bot.) See Pipsissewa.
Prince
(Prince), v. i. To play the prince. [R.] Shak.
Princedom
(Prince"dom) n. The jurisdiction, sovereignty, rank, or estate of a prince.
Thrones, princedoms, powers, dominions, I reduce.
Milton. Princehood
(Prince"hood) n. Princeliness. [Obs.] E. Hall.
Princekin
(Prince"kin) n. A petty prince; a princeling.
The princekins of private life.
Thackeray. Princeless
(Prince"less), a. Without a prince. Fuller.
Princelet
(Prince"let) n. A petty prince. [R.]
Princelike
(Prince"like`) a. Princely. Shak.
Princeliness
(Prince"li*ness) n. The quality of being princely; the state, manner, or dignity of a prince.
Princeling
(Prince"ling) n. A petty prince; a young prince.
Princely
(Prince"ly), a.
1. Of or relating to a prince; regal; royal; of highest rank or authority; as, princely birth, character, fortune,
etc.
2. Suitable for, or becoming to, a prince; grand; august; munificent; magnificent; as, princely virtues; a princely
fortune. "Most princely gifts." Shak.
Princely
(Prince"ly) adv. In a princely manner.
My appetite was not princely got.
Shak. Princess
(Prin"cess) n. [F. princesse. See Prince, and cf. Princesse.]
1. A female prince; a woman having sovereign power, or the rank of a prince. Dryden.
So excellent a princess as the present queen.
Swift. 2. The daughter of a sovereign; a female member of a royal family. Shak.
3. The consort of a prince; as, the princess of Wales.
Princess royal, the eldest daughter of a sovereign.
Princesse
(Prin*cesse") a. [F., a princess.] A term applied to a lady's long, close-fitting dress made
with waist and skirt in one.
Princesslike
(Prin"cess*like`) a. Like a princess.
Princewood
(Prince"wood`) n. (Bot.) The wood of two small tropical American trees (Hamelia ventricosa,
and Cordia gerascanthoides). It is brownish, veined with lighter color.
