Nigerian prince
/naɪˌdʒɪəɹɪən ˈpɹɪns/
Nigerian prince noun: a cheat who seeks to obtain money through advance fee scams.
Noun (1)
Nigerian prince (plural Nigerian princes)
- A cheat who seeks to obtain money through advance fee scams.
- I fell for a Nigerian prince scam
- Today, in an increasingly interconnected world, a person is more likely to be robbed by a “Nigerian prince” on the Internet than a masked street thug.2012, Peter M. Haas, John A. Hird, Controversies in Globalization: Contending Approaches to International Relations, CQ Press, page 219
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Nigerian, prince.
Noun (2) capitalized: Nigerian Prince
Nigerian Prince (plural Nigerian Princes)
- Alternative letter-case form of Nigerian prince.
Forms of Nigerian prince
| plural | Nigerian princes |
|---|---|
| plural | Nigerian Princes |
Origin of Nigerian prince
Derived from the early instances of advance fee scams in which the perpetrator of the scam would send potential victims an email claiming to be a Nigerian prince seeking to transfer a large amount of money into their country.
Questions about Nigerian prince
- What does Nigerian prince mean?
- Nigerian prince means a cheat who seeks to obtain money through advance fee scams.
- What part of speech is Nigerian prince?
- Nigerian prince is a noun.
- How do you pronounce Nigerian prince?
- Nigerian prince is pronounced /naɪˌdʒɪəɹɪən ˈpɹɪns/.
- What is the plural of Nigerian prince?
- The plural of Nigerian prince is Nigerian princes.
Words near Nigerian prince in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Nigerian prince (page history and authors); Nigerian Prince (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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