princehood

princehood

English

Alternative forms

• princehead

Etymology

From Middle English pryncehood, princehode, princehod, princehed, equivalent to prince +‎ -hood.

Noun

princehood (countable and uncountable, plural princehoods)

1. The state, quality, or condition of being a prince
2. The rank or office of a prince
3. (obsolete) princeliness

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for princehood in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• endophoric