Definitions for princess
ˈprɪn sɪs, -sɛs, prɪnˈsɛsprincess

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. princessnoun

   a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)

Wiktionary(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. princessnoun

   The female monarch, or wife of a ruler, of a principality.

   Princess Grace was the Princess of Monaco.

2. princessnoun

   The daughter (or granddaughter) of a king, queen, emperor, empress, prince, or another princess.

3. princessnoun

   A type of court card in the Tarot pack, coming between the 10 and the prince (Jack)

4. princessnoun

   A beloved girl considered dainty; used as a term of endearment

5. princessnoun

   A young girl or woman considered vain, spoiled or selfish; a prima donna

   You're a real princess.

6. princessnoun

   A tinted crystal marble used in children's games.

Webster Dictionary(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Princessnoun

   a female prince; a woman having sovereign power, or the rank of a prince

   Etymology: [F. princesse. See Prince, and cf. Princesse.]

2. Princessnoun

   the daughter of a sovereign; a female member of a royal family

   Etymology: [F. princesse. See Prince, and cf. Princesse.]

3. Princessnoun

   the consort of a prince; as, the princess of Wales

   Etymology: [F. princesse. See Prince, and cf. Princesse.]

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1. Princess

   Princess is the feminine form of prince. Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince or for the daughters of a king or sovereign prince. For many centuries, the title "princess" was not regularly used for a monarch's daughter, who might simply be called "Lady" or a non-English equivalent. Old English had no female equivalent of "prince", "earl", or any royal or noble title aside from queen. Royal women, or women of the nobility, were simply addressed or referred to as "Lady" or "The Lady Firstname" for a particularly highborn woman. As women slowly gained more autonomy and respect in European history, the title of princess became simply the female counterpart of prince; it does not necessarily imply being merely married to a prince, she may be the unmarried daughter of a monarch or other royal or noble of sufficient rank. Further, a princess may be a hereditary sovereign, head of state in her own right. The traditional meaning still applies in Europe in the sense that an untitled or at least non-royal woman who marries a prince will almost always become a princess with the possibility of eventually becoming Queen Consort, in nations where that title exists; but a man who marries a princess will almost never become a prince, unless his wife is expected to inherit the higher title of Queen regnant. If that is the case, then on her inheritance of that sovereign title, he will often become a prince.

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1. • Aristocrat

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'princess' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3296

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'princess' in Nouns Frequency: #1377

Anagrams for princess »

1. crispens

How to pronounce princess?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of princess in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of princess in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of princess in a Sentence

1. Harrison Ford:

   Segments of the audience were able to find a character in the story overall that they could relate to, girls related to Princess Leia, young men related to Luke Skywalker.

2. Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate:

   In my view, a man who treats any and every woman as a Royal Princess offers the living proof that he himself was born and raised in the arms of a Queen.

3. Carrie Fisher:

   Princess Leia lives in this film in a way that's mind-blowing for me.

4. Earl Spencer:

   This was what led me to talk to Princess Diana about such things, this, in turn, led to the meeting where I introduced Princess Diana to Martin Bashir, on September 19, 1995. This then led to the interview.

5. Serena Williams:

   Nike came up with this idea right when I decided I was going to come back. And so it's kind of interesting how it all tied into the wedding and, you know, then I felt a little awkward! now, you know, Meghan is royalty and I have known her for so many years, and I'm like, I'm not — now she's a princess. A duchess, I should say, excuse me.

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