单词 | princess-ship |
释义 | princess-shipn. The condition or fact of being a princess; the position, office, or rank of princess; a period of rule as princess. Also with possessive adjective: a title of respect for a princess. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [noun] > royal person(s) > of France > condition or fact of being princess princess-ship1734 1734 H. Fielding Don Quixote in Eng. i. vi. 14 If your Princess-ship could but prevail on my Master. 1875 Littell's Living Age 4 Sept. 605/2 Nan gets out unassisted, feeling severely that her days of princess-ship are over. 1912 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 4 May 8/2 The lady from the Eternal City smoking just when and where it pleases her Princess-ship down at the Hotel del Monte. 1986 Washington Post (Nexis) 10 Feb. (Style section) b3 The speculation is that Diana is giving the 26-year-old daughter of Charles' polo manager lessons in princess-ship. 2004 Press Enterprise (Riverside, CA) (Nexis) 7 May (Guide section) aa19 What's an American girl to do after she discovers her hidden lineage and assumes princess-ship of a small European country. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1734 |
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