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prin⋅cess

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

–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')

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.
A noblewoman of varying status or rank.
The wife of a prince.
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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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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Language Translation for : princess

Spanish: princesa,

German: die Prinzessin,

Japanese: 王女