prima

American  

[pree-muh] / ˈpri mə /

adjective

1. the lead or most important in an ensemble; usually used in ballet or opera to denote the lead female performer.

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Example Sentences

Starring Vanessa Williams as the titular prima donna, the brilliantly named Ebony Scrooge, the film follows Ebony’s transformation from penny-pinching pop star to charitable altruist.

From Salon

Any joy she had once taken in dancing had left her, as had her grandiose dreams of being, at twelve years old, the youngest prima ballerina in the history of ballet.

From Literature

Before “stepping into the bratty curls of ‘Oh, Mary!’,” the actress became known for playing prima donnas on TV.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Every person born in the country,” wrote Bates in late November 1862, “is, at the moment of birth, prima facie a citizen…without any reference to race or color, or any other accidental circumstance.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"We worked together to make sure we had a watertight prima facie case in order to lawfully arrest Aimee Betro in a foreign country without her becoming aware and potentially fleeing again," he explained.

From BBC