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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
among /əˈmʌŋ/ (chiefly Brit. also amongst)
preposition
  • 1 surrounded by; in the middle of.
  • 2 being a member or members of (a larger set).
  • 3 occurring in or practised by (some members of a group).
  • 4 indicating a division, choice, or differentiation involving three or more participants.
– origin OE ongemang (from on ‘in’ + gemang ‘assemblage, mingling’).

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prince/prɪns/
noun
  • 1 a son, grandson, or other close male relative of a monarch.

    ■ a male monarch of a small state, actually or nominally subject to a king or emperor.

    ■ (in some European countries) a nobleman, usually ranking next below a duke.

  • 2 (prince of or among) a man or thing pre-eminent in a particular sphere or group.
– phrases
prince of the blood a prince by right of royal descent.
– derivatives
princedom noun,
princelike adjective.
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. princeps, princip- ‘first, chief, sovereign’, from primus ‘first’ + capere ‘take’.
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