crown princes
Future kings awaiting
Crown princes is the plural of crown prince, the male heir apparent to a throne.
The title indicates the person next in line to become king: The crown princes of Europe often married for political alliance.
In figurative use, crown princes are those positioned to inherit leadership of any organization or enterprise: The CEO's crown princes jockeyed for position.
- heir apparentUnassailable next in line
- next in linePositioned to succeed immediately
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- robeLong loose outer garment
- hereditaryPassed through generations
succession · palace · primogeniture · waiting in the wings · future king · realm · dauphin · monarchy · ruler · dynasty · royalty · heir · royal lineage · scepter · palace intrigue · investiture · sovereignty · second in command
- eliteelite, elites, aristocrats, nobility, best
- Korean Nobilitynoble families, nobles, kings, queens, royal family
- HabsburgsHabsburgs, Habsburg, Franz Joseph I, archduchesses, imperial family