Prince of Wales
English
Etymology
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Noun
Prince of Wales (plural Princes of Wales)
- A royal title given to the male heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
- 1983, Mary Beacock Fryer, Arthur Bousfield, Garry Toffoli, “Introduction”, in Lives of the Princesses of Wales, Toronto, Ont.: Dundurn Press, →ISBN, page 6, column 1:
- Furthermore, two of the Princesses of Wales — Lady Anne Neville and Katharine of Aragon — became Queen through later marriages and were not consorts of Princes of Wales at the time of their coronations.
Synonyms
- Pragger-Wagger (informal, dated)
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Translations
royal title
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