The one of highest rank; one holding the highest place and authority; a sovereign; a monarch; -- originally applied to either sex, but now rarely applied to a female.

The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal family; as, princes of the blood.

A title belonging to persons of high rank, differing in different countries. In England it belongs to dukes, marquises, and earls, but is given to members of the royal family only. In Italy a prince is inferior to a duke as a member of a particular order of nobility; in Spain he is always one of the royal family.

A ruler, from the latin princeps, meaning first in rank. In general, any ruler came to be known as the ‘prince', the ‘ruler', as in Machievelli's Prince. Also a male heir in a Royal household, the ‘Crown' prince was the first in line to the throne. In an SCA context, a prince rules a principality kingdom subdivision. A ‘Crown' prince is the winner of Crown Tournament, the heir to the throne, who will accept the Crown at the end of the reign. A prince ranks above all titled nobility, the dukes, earls, counts, barons and the like, carrying the title ‘your highness'.

Projects in Controlled Environments A project management method covering the organisation, management and control of projects. Find out more: About Prince2.

A public domain standard for IT developers for the U.K. government. PRINCE provides a process model to define what is involved in setting up, managing and closing down each stage of a project. The model specifies eight components for creating a project management environment: organization, planning, control, risk, stages, quality, change control and configuration management.

See Projects in Controlled Environments.

The standard UK government method for Project Management.

This distinctive shape has a squat apple bowl with a slight bent stem.

bowl resembles squat apple or apple with flattened bottom; shank is round and short, stem is long and almost always tapered; there may be a slight bend, but never more than 1/8. Sometimes called "Prince of Wales," or "Prince Regent," this shape was designed for Prince Albert (Edward VII) of England. A prince with an oval shank (usually bent) is a diplomat.

Prince was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1968.

a suspect in a plot against his wife

Prince is the second album by Prince, released on October 19, 1979. It was a quickly written album in reaction to his debut For You. The album needed to have hits and sell well to make up for the blown budget on his first release.

The Prince Tour was the first concert tour by Prince, and supported his second album Prince. The tour started as a headlining club act and played 13 dates before joining Rick James' Fire It Up Tour as a supporting act for 38 more dates. The tour lasted from late 1979 through the Spring of 1980.