Definition of Prince of wales

1. Noun. The male heir apparent of the British sovereign.

Generic synonyms: Prince
Specialized synonyms: Charles, Prince Charles, Black Prince, Edward

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prince Of Wales

Prince Edward Islanders
Prince Eugene of Savoy
Prince Fumimaro Konoe
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von Metternic
Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck
Prince Otto von Bismarck
Prince Peter Kropotkin
Prince Philip
Prince Rupert
Prince Valiant
Prince of Darkness
Prince of Demons
Prince of Peace
Prince of Smolensk
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales heath
Prince of the Power of the Air
Prince of this world
Princess Diana
Princess Grace of Monaco
Princess Royal
Princess of Wales
Princeton
Princeton University
Princeton WordNet
Princetonian
Princetonians
Principality of Albania
Principality of Andorra

Literary usage of Prince of wales

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest by Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland (1868)
"The misfortunes of Katharine of Arragon, consort of Henry VIII., and widow to Arthur prince of Wales, will be related in the course of the present volume. ..."

2. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Hannah More Macaulay Trevelyan (1850)
"The Prince of Wales would either not return at all, or would return attended ... CHAP. IX. 1688. Dartmouth refuses to send the Prince of Wales into France. ..."

3. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England: From the Norman Conquest Till by John Campbell Campbell (1849)
"Story of his committing the Prince of Wales to prison: qu. whether it be authentic? When and where first mentioned. t • REIGN OF ..."

4. The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the by Thomas Erskine May (1871)
"It had been the unhappy lot of the Hanoverian family that every Prince of Wales had been alienated from the reigning sovereign. George I. hated his son with ..."

5. The History of England from the Accession of James II by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Henry Hart Milman (1865)
"to Portsmouth the order that the Prince of Wales should instantly be conveyed to ... The Prince of Wales would either not return at all, or would return ..."

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