prima donna
noun
a first or principal female singer of an opera company.
prime donne
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pluralof prima donna.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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I cannot embrace stout prime donne very well, because I am so fat myself!'
From Time Magazine Archive
The two prime donne had united in a duet which resembled the warbles of two nightingales; the contralto had enchanted the audience with her deep and resonant notes; an accomplished quartette had disbursed exquisite music.
From The Intriguers by William Le Queux
His beautiful house, near the Bois, with its little theatre, was the scene of much nervousness and struggles to become prime donne.
From Confessions of an Opera Singer by Kathleen Howard
Indeed, I have never had much sympathy with capricious prime donne who consider themselves and their own physical feelings before their obligation to the public that has paid to hear them.
From Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Clara Louise Kellogg
The long and short of it was that I found myself in the train with both my prime donne.
From The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 by James H. Mapleson
