PRINCESS
princess
(noun) a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Princess (plural Princesses)
The title of a princess.
(rare) A female given name from English.
Coordinate terms
• (given name): Prince (male equivalent)
Anagrams
• Crespins, crispens
Etymology
Noun
princess (plural princesses)
A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter. [from 14th c.]
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.]
The wife of a prince; the female ruler of a principality. [from 15th c.]
A young girl; used as a term of endearment. [from 18th c.]
(derogatory, chiefly, US) A young girl or woman (or less commonly a man) who is vain, spoiled or selfish; a prima donna. [from 20th c.]
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”.
Coordinate terms
• prince
Anagrams
• Crespins, crispens
Source: Wiktionary
Prin"cess, n. Etym: [F. princesse. See Prince, and cf. Princesse.]
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 Wales. Princess royal, the eldest daughter of a sovereign.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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