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Webster 1913 Edition
Princess
1.
A female prince; a woman having sovereign power, or the rank of a prince.
Dryden.
So excellent a
princess
as the present queen. Swift.
2.
The daughter of a sovereign; a female member of a royal family.
Shak.
3.
The consort of a prince;
as, the
. princess
of WalesPrincess royal
, the eldest daughter of a sovereign.
Webster 1828 Edition
Princess
PRIN'CESS
,Noun.
1.
A sovereign lady of rank next to that of a queen.2.
The daughter of a king.3.
The consort of a prince; as the princess of Wales.Definition 2024
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English
Proper noun
Princess
- The title of a princess.
- (rare) A female given name.
- 2009 Princess Kasune Zulu, Warrior Princess, IVP Books, ISBN 978-0-8308-3725-0, page 202:
- It was funny to me that my name, Princess Kasune Zulu, became such a big deal on this trip. I participated in a number of media interviews where journalists fixated on my name. "Are you a real princess?" they asked time and time again. Their published articles all too often said, "Princess is only her name, not a title."
- 2009 Princess Kasune Zulu, Warrior Princess, IVP Books, ISBN 978-0-8308-3725-0, page 202:
princess
princess
See also: Princess
English
Noun
princess (plural princesses, masculine prince)
- A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter. [from 14th c.]
- 1872, George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin
- She did not cry long, however, for she was as brave as could be expected of a princess of her age.
- 1872, George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin
- A woman or girl who excels in a given field or class. [from 14th c.]
- (now archaic) A female ruler or monarch; a queen. [from 15th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.12:
- And running all with greedie ioyfulnesse / To faire Irena, at her feet did fall, / And her adored with due humblenesse, / As their true Liege and Princesse naturall [...].
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.12:
- The wife of a prince; the female ruler of a principality. [from 15th c.]
- Princess Grace was the Princess of Monaco.
- A young girl; used as a term of endearment. [from 18th c.]
- (derogatory, chiefly US) A young girl or woman considered vain, spoiled or selfish; a prima donna. [from 20th c.]
- You're a real princess.
- A tinted crystal marble used in children's games.
- A type of court card in the Tarot pack, coming between the 10 and the prince (Jack).
- A female lemur.
Usage notes
- Possessive forms: princess's (main form used by academics) The princess's golden hair.; princess' (main form used by newspapers) The princess' golden hair.
- A princess is usually styled “Her Highness”. A princess in a royal family is “Her Royal Highness”; in an imperial family “Her Imperial Highness”.
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terms derived from princess
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Translations
female member of royal family
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female monarch, or wife of a ruler
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