prince less

[Eng. prince: -le .] Without a prince. †prinçe-lět, s . [Eng. prince ; dim in. suff. -let .] A petty prince, a princeling. prinçe-like, a. & adv. [Eng. prince; -like.] A. As adjective: Becoming or befitting a prince, princely. B. As adv .: Like a prince. prinçe-li-ne , s. [Eng. princely; -ne .] The quality or state of being princely. prinçe-ling, subst . [Eng. prince ; dim in. suffix -ling .] 1. A petty prince. 5. High-minded, noble; acting like a prince. "He was most princely ."-Shakesp.: Henry VIII ., iv. 2. 6. Consisting of princes or persons of noble birth. "Take that, ere yet thou quit this princely throng." Pope : Homer's Ody ey, xvii. 545. B. As adv .: In a princely manner; like a prince, as becomes a prince. "My appetite was not princely got."- Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt. II., ii. 2. prin'-çě , *prin-ces-sa, *prin-ce e, s. [Fr. prince e; Sp. princes a; Port. princeza; Ital. prin cipe a.] 1. A female sovereign; a woman having sovereign power or the rank of a prince. 2. The daughter of a sovereign; a female member of a royal family. 3. The wife of a prince; as, the Prince of Wales. prince -royal, subst . The eldest daughter of a sovereign.