crown prince

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person designated and raised to become the next king.
  2. A person designated and raised to become the next emperor.
  3. A person expected to inherit or take over an enterprise or undertaking once its current manager retires or dies.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crown prince.wav

Word forms

crown prince crown princes

Related words

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.