princess
IPA: prˈɪnsɛs
noun
- A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch.
- A woman or girl who excels in a given field or class.
- (now archaic) A female ruler or monarch; a queen.
- The wife of a prince; the female ruler of a principality.
- A young girl; used as a term of endearment.
- (derogatory, chiefly US) A young girl or woman (or less commonly a man) who is vain, spoiled, or selfish; a prima donna.
- 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.
- A Bulgarian open-faced baked sandwich prepared with ground meat.
- The title of a princess.
- (rare) A female given name from English.
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Examples of "princess" in Sentences
- There's a precedent for the title princess consort.
- "Can you at least produce proof that the princess is alive?"
- Actress Mandy Moore will be the voice of the title princess the trade magazine also reports.
- Though, when he announced his engagement, of course, Prince Charles said his future wife would be known by the title princess consorts.
- Also from the same publisher, a translated retelling of the story of the frog prince in which the princess is the prettiest girl in high school and the frog the geek infatuated with her.
- Unquestionably Sanherib gave his son the title princess to increase the young man's prestige, because at that time and in that place the feminine title of sovereignty was more highly honoured than the masculine.
- So I think it's been a very carefully judged compromise, that Camilla's status is now clearly right at the top of the royal tree, but people are aware that there's a great deal of sensitivity attached to the title princess of Wales.
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