Prince Charming

English thumb|upright|Prince Charming of Sleeping Beauty, a print drawing from the late-19th-century book Mein erstes Märchenbuch, published in Stuttgart, Germany Etymology en fr Roi Charmant Charming King. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Prince Charming.wav Southern England Noun s Princes Charming Prince Charming A fictional heroic prince in various fairy-tales. en 1920 King Bizarre And Prince Charming Laboulaye's Fairy Book https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26386/pg26386-images.html Mary L. Booth No one could have helped being won by his smile and the truly royal manner in which he saluted the crowd in passing when he was in good humor. For this reason, the voice of the people, which is never mistaken, had christened him Prince Charming, and his name always clung to him. en by extension A heterosexual woman's prototypical ideal romantic partner, especially but not necessarily if he embodies common characteristics of the fictional princes, such as being courageous or chivalrous. en She's still unmarried because she is waiting for her Prince Charming... and he may not exist. V She did not listen. She was free in her prison of passion. Her prince, Prince Charming, was with her. 341–342 342 However, I’ll tell you this much . . . and if nothing comes of it you must never breathe a word about it to a living soul. You see, Prince Charming is coming to-night. en 1979 w:Will Jennings Street Life (The Crusaders song) Street Life The Crusaders (jazz fusion group) The Crusaders w:Randy Crawford There's always love for sale / A grown up fairy tale / Prince charming always smiles / Behind a silver spoon en 2023-04-01 Maddie Thomas Even if you’re ‘on the apps’, it feels pretty hard to meet people these days w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/02/even-if-youre-on-the-apps-it-feels-pretty-hard-to-meet-people-these-days Friends say we app sceptics will download them at a certain age out of desperation. But for now, follow the sound advice of mums and mentors: there’s no rush, relationships don’t define you and you must keep your standards high. Just not Prince Charming high. Carrie Bradshaw will tell you that’s nothing but a fairytale. https://web.archive.org/web/20261024012719/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/02/even-if-youre-on-the-apps-it-feels-pretty-hard-to-meet-people-these-days 24 October 2026 Coordinate terms en Princess Charming Translations fictional character Basque: eu printze xarmant Catalan: ca príncep encantador m, ca príncep blau m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 白馬王子 Danish: da prins på den hvide hest Dutch: nl prins op het witte paard m Esperanto: eo ĉarma princo Finnish: fi unelmien prinssi, fi satuprinssi French: fr prince charmant m Greek: el πριγκιπόπουλο n, el πρίγκιπας του παραμυθιού m, el γοητευτικός πρίγκιπας m Hungarian: hu szőke herceg Italian: it principe azzurro Japanese: ja 王子様 ōji-sama, ja プリンス・チャーミング Korean: ko 백마 탄 왕자 Latvian: lv sapņu princis m Lithuanian: lt svajonių princas m Norwegian: no drømmeprins Polish: pl książę z bajki m Portuguese: pt príncipe encantado m Romanian: ro Făt-Frumos m Romansh: rm prinzi da paraula m Russian: ru прекра́сный принц m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh принц на белом коњу m Latin: sh princ na belom konju m Spanish: es príncipe azul m Swedish: sv drömprins Turkish: tr yakışıklı prens romantically ideal man Arabic: ar فتى الأحلام m, ar فارس الأحلام m Catalan: ca príncep encantador m, ca príncep blau m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 如意郎君 jyu4 ji3 long4 gwan1, yue 白馬王子 baak6 maa5 wong4 zi2 Mandarin: cmn 白馬王子, cmn 如意郎君 Danish: da prinsen på den hvide hest c, da drømmeprins c Dutch: nl prins op het witte paard m, nl droomprins m Finnish: fi unelmien prinssi French: fr prince charmant m German: de Märchenprinz m Greek: el πριγκιπόπουλο n, el πρίγκιπας του παραμυθιού m Italian: it principe azzurro m, it principe azzurro sul cavallo bianco m Japanese: ja 王子様 ōji-sama Norwegian: no eventyrprinsen m Polish: pl książę z bajki m Portuguese: pt príncipe encantado m Romanian: ro Făt-Frumos m Russian: ru прекра́сный принц m, ru ска́зочный принц m, ru принц на белом коне Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh принц на белом коњу m Latin: sh princ na belom konju m Spanish: es príncipe azul m Swedish: sv drömprins c, sv prins charmig Turkish: tr yakışıklı prens Vietnamese: vi bạch mã hoàng tử See also en Mister Right Further reading en endearing terms terms derived from fiction en Stock characters People Fairy tale characters Fictional characters Male people