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Prince·ton (prins′tən)

borough in central N.J., near Trenton: scene of a battle (1777) of the Revolutionary War in which troops led by Washington defeated the British: pop. 14,000

Etymology: after the Prince of Orange, later William III

Princeton Synonyms

Princeton

n.

Princeton University, Princeton College, College of New Jersey, Nassau Hall, Orange and Black*, one of the Big Three*, Old Nassau*, Tiger*; see also university.

Princeton Quotes

[Jeremy] Bentham held no post at the mercy of bankers and tripe sellers; he was a man of independent means, a lawyer and politician and a heretic in general practice. It is impossible to imagine such a man occupying a chair at Harvard or Princeton.Hehad a hand intoomany pies; he was too rebellious and contumacious; he had too little respect for authority, either academic or worldly. Moreover, his mind was too wide for a professor; he Mencken could never remain safely in a groove; the whole field of social organization invited his inquiries and experiments.

—Mencken, H(enry) L(ouis)