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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
prin·cess       [prin-sis, -ses, prin-ses] Pronunciation Key
–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
6.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.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME princesse < MF. See prince, -ess]

—Related forms
prin·cess·like, adjective
prin·cess·ly, adjective

—Usage note See -ess.
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prin·cess       (prĭn'sĭs, -sěs', prĭn-sěs')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A woman member of a royal family other than the monarch, especially a daughter of a monarch.
    1. A woman who is a ruler of a principality.
    2. A woman who is a hereditary ruler; a queen.
  3. A noblewoman of varying status or rank.
  4. The wife of a prince.
  5. A woman regarded as having the status or qualities of a princess.

adj.   Designed to hang in smooth, close-fitting, unbroken lines from shoulder to flared hem: a princess dress.


[Middle English princesse, from Old French, feminine of prince, prince; see prince.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
princess 
c.1380, from O.Fr. princesse, fem. of prince (q.v.). As a colloquial form of address to a woman or girl, it is recorded from 1924.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
princess

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

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Princess Anne, MD (town, FIPS 64000) Location: 38.20432 N, 75.69537 W
Population (1990): 1666 (807 housing units)
Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 21853

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Princess

Prin"cess\, n. [F. princesse. See Prince, and cf. Princesse.]

1. A female prince; a woman having sovereign power, or the rank of a prince. --Dryden.

So excellent a princess as the present queen. --Swift.

2. The daughter of a sovereign; a female member of a royal family. --Shak.

3. The consort of a prince; as, the princess of Wales.

Princess royal, the eldest daughter of a sovereign.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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