单词 | crown prince |
释义 | Crown princen. A male heir apparent or designate to a throne, originally of a country in northern continental Europe (also as a prefixed title). Also figurative.Not used of the heir to the British throne. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [noun] > royal person(s) > prince > crown prince Crown prince1699 1699 London Post 8 Sept. The Danish Secretary residing here, will suddenly notify to the States, the Death of the King his Master, and the Elevation of the Crown Prince to the Throne. 1795 Ann. Reg. 1791 (Rivington ed.) ii. 42*/1 The crown prince [of Prussia] was absent by indisposition. 1810 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 8 Sept. 317 The Crown Prince Charles Augustus was no more, and his death shrouded the future destinies of Sweden in a dreadful gloom. 1886 Atchison (Kansas) Daily Champion 23 June 1/2 The Crown Prince of Japan yesterday had an audience with Prince Bismarck. 1894 J. L. Ford Literary Shop viii. 99 (heading) Literature—pawed and unpawed; and the crown-prince thereof. 1920 Collier's 3 July 8/1 The gent..stands alone as the Crown Prince of dumb-bells. 1960 D. Russell Lives & Legends Buffalo Bill xxiii. 331 The audience included..the Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway, Prince George of Greece, [etc.]. 2012 K. E. House On Saudi Arabia xii. 216 King Fahd suffered a debilitating stroke and Crown Prince Abdullah became acting king and ruled without a functioning partner or crown prince for a decade. Derivatives Crown-ˈprinceship n. ΚΠ 1864 St. James's Mag. 9 495 His Highness would gladly accept the Crown Princeship of Sweden. 1889 A. Lang Prince Prigio xviii. 139 He refused to..restore Prigio to his crown-princeship! 1903 W. von Schierbrand Kaiser's Speeches xviii. 288 The Kaiser drew a parallel between his son's ‘crown-princeship’ and that of his own father. 2011 S. Zamazalová in K. Radner & E. Robson Cuneiform Culture iii. xv. 320 The close association between crown princeship and the House of Succession is reflected in the official titles bestowed on Assurbanipal and his brother. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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