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  • noun son of Edward III who defeated the French at Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War (1330-1376)

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Examples

  • He, you know, was the father of that good and brave prince Edward, whom we call the Black Prince, and who would have been king if he had not died before his father.

    The Grateful Indian And other Stories William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

  • Shortly after that, King Idriss' nephew Abdullah al-Abid al-Senoussi, also known as the Black Prince, led a force of 5,000 mercenaries from Chad and planned to arm tribes loyal to the king to fight against Gadhafi.

    Gadhafi leaned on Arab allies to stay in power 2011

  • Shortly after that, King Idriss' nephew Abdullah al-Abid al-Senoussi, also known as the Black Prince, led a force of 5,000 mercenaries from Chad and planned to arm tribes loyal to the king to fight against Gadhafi.

    Gadhafi leaned on Arab allies to stay in power 2011

  • Shortly after that, King Idriss' nephew Abdullah al-Abid al-Senoussi, also known as the Black Prince, led a force of 5,000 mercenaries from Chad and planned to arm tribes loyal to the king to fight against Gadhafi.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • Shortly after that, King Idriss' nephew Abdullah al-Abid al-Senoussi, also known as the Black Prince, led a force of 5,000 mercenaries from Chad and planned to arm tribes loyal to the king to fight against Gadhafi.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • Shortly after that, King Idriss' nephew Abdullah al-Abid al-Senoussi, also known as the Black Prince, led a force of 5,000 mercenaries from Chad and planned to arm tribes loyal to the king to fight against Gadhafi.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • The Captain called the Black Prince, was Harrington, a good one ...

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • The Captain called the Black Prince, was Harrington, a good one ...

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • The Black Prince is a very fine work of psychological fiction by one of the most daring writers of the twentieth century.

    Vulpes Libris 2009

  • Prince of Wales, called the Black Prince, and mother to King Richard II. from whom descended the Earls of Kent and Hunt - ingdon, and Dukes of Surrey and Exeter), and eldest son to Ro - bert, Lord Holland, by Maud, the daughter and coheir of Jlan,

    Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical 1812

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