prince

Noun

A male member of a royal family, often a ruler or son of a monarch.
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch.
A female monarch.
Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person.
The (male) ruler or head of a principality.
A male member of a royal family other than the ruler; especially (in the United Kingdom) the son or grandson of the monarch.
A non-royal high title of nobility, especially in France and the Holy Roman Empire.
A type of court card used in tarot cards, the equivalent of the jack.
The mushroom Agaricus augustus.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Rohana.

Verb

To behave or act like a prince.
To transform (someone) into a prince.

Examples

He is a prince among men.
Landing ’PRINCE’ on a double-word score felt like a royal win in Words With Friends.
Prince Louis de Broglie won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English prince, from Anglo-Norman prince, from Latin prīnceps (“first head”), from prīmus (“first”) + capiō (“seize, take”). Cognate with Old English fruma (“prince, ruler”). Doublet of princeps and principe.
Displaced native Middle English atheling, from Old English æþeling; Middle English kinebarn, from Old English cynebearn; Middle English alder, from Old English ealdor; and Middle English drighten, from Old English dryhten.

Scrabble Score: 10

prince: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
prince: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
prince: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

prince: valid Words With Friends Word