The term prince (the female form is princess), from the Latin root ''princeps'', when used for a member of the highest aristocracy, has several fundamentally different meanings - one generic, and several types of titles. Historical background and the two main species of princesThe Latin word Princeps, kin to "primus" and "first among equals", was established as the title of the more or less informal leader of the senate some centuries BCE.
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