princess

[ prin-sis, -ses, prin-ses ]

/ ˈprɪn sɪs, -sɛs, prɪnˈsɛs /

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noun

a nonreigning female member of a royal family.

History/Historical. a female sovereign or monarch; queen.

the consort of a prince.

(in Great Britain) a daughter or granddaughter (if the child of a son) of a king or queen.

a woman considered to have the qualities or characteristics of a princess.

adjective

Also princesse. (of a woman's dress, coat, or the like) styled with a close-fitting bodice and flared skirt, cut in single pieces, as gores, from shoulder to hem.

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Origin of princess

1350–1400; Middle English princesse<Middle French. See prince, -ess

usage note for princess

See -ess.

OTHER WORDS FROM princess

prin·cess·like, adjectiveprin·cess·ly, adjective

Words nearby princess

Prince Rupert, Prince Rupert's drop, Prince Rupert's metal, prince's-feather, prince's-pine, princess, princess flower, princess post, princess regent, princess royal, princess tree

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How to use princess in a sentence

The journey through a magical and illogical land to rescue two princesses is sort of a 20th-century Pilgrim’s Progress — and may help you find your purpose too.
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This update on the classic game of capitalism stars everyone’s favorite princess-rescuing plumber, Mario.
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She must be a princess, they decide, and that is how they choose to raise her.
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That was the movie that led her, as a teenager, to start rethinking how she used to think about princesses.
Does Hollywood Still Have a Princess Problem? (Ep. 394)|Stephen J. Dubner|October 24, 2019|Freakonomics

If a show didn’t happen to have a princess in it, there probably weren’t many females.
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And then that chorus kicks in, and the young lady formerly known as Lizzy Grant transforms into the princess of darkness.
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Were it not for them, nobody would have even built the brand new arena where Sarah saw a PRINCESS!
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Then he read the golden inscription and saw that she was a princess.
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Both heroines are women, but they offer a pretty bizarre dichotomy for girls: Ice queen or ditzy princess.
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Princess Ariel and Prince Eric walk down the aisle, and are greeted by a stout clergyman who is allegedly too happy to see them.
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The Princess still kept her eyes fixed on Louis, while, in a suppressed and unsteady voice, she answered her governess.
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But first he held a whispered colloquy with the Princess, whom he entreated, or persuaded, to re-enter her gorgeous vehicle.
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Louis listened with pleasure, and dwelt with delight on the interesting Princess and her son.
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The Princess was pale and thin; and, though dressed superbly, seemed fitter for her chamber.
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Besides, I've read of such things in the Princess Novelettes; only there it's most generally lovers, not 'usbins, nor yet fathers.
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British Dictionary definitions for princess

princess

/ (prɪnˈsɛs) /

noun

(in Britain) a daughter of the sovereign or of one of the sovereign's sons

a nonreigning female member of a sovereign family

the wife and consort of a prince

any very attractive or outstanding woman

Also called: princess dress, princess line a style of dress with a fitted bodice and an A-line skirt that is shaped by seams from shoulder to hem without a seam at the waistline

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