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princess

American  
[prin-sis, -ses, prin-ses] / ˈprɪn sɪs, -sɛs, prɪnˈsɛs /

noun

  1. a nonreigning female member of a royal family.

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

  3. the consort of a prince.

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

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

adjective

  1. 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.

princess British  
/ prɪnˈsɛs /

noun

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

  2. a nonreigning female member of a sovereign family

  3. the wife and consort of a prince

  4. any very attractive or outstanding woman

  5. 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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Gender

See -ess.

Other Word Forms

  • princesslike adjective
  • princessly adjective

Etymology

Origin of princess

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

Example Sentences

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She was in her tía’s lap, listening to her stories about face-changing witches defeated with mustard seeds, and beautiful princesses sealed in caves by greedy suitors.

From Literature

The Royal couple were shown round Scotland's National Curling Centre at the Peak in Stirling where an eager team of staff showed the prince and princess how the sport is played.

From BBC

In the 1980s, animated Disney princesses were not the omnipresent texts of girlhood they became the following decade, but Cinderella stories were nevertheless everywhere you looked.

From Salon

After an elegant older German-speaking woman and her companion left the bus, I was alone and the driver said, “She’s a princess from some country in Eastern Europe that doesn’t exist anymore.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Imagineers design every Disney princess castle, roller coaster and restaurant and are responsible for the highest-stakes bets in entertainment.

From The Wall Street Journal

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