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Definition of princesses - 2 dictionary results

prin⋅cess

  [prin-sis, -ses, prin-ses]
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–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')   
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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