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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024prin•cess /ˈprɪnsɪs, -sɛs, prɪnˈsɛs/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Governmenta female member of a royal family who is not ruling:one of seven princesses in line to the throne.[as part of a title, before a name]:Princess Kristiana.
- Governmentthe wife of a prince.
- Government(in Great Britain) a daughter of the king or queen;
the daughter of a son of the king or queen. - a woman or girl thought of or treated as a princess:a middle-class American princess.
adj. [before a noun] - ClothingAlso, ˈprin•cesse. (of a woman's dress) styled with a close-fitting top and flared skirt, cut in single pieces from shoulder to hem.
See -prim-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024prin•cess (prin′sis, -ses, prin ses′),USA pronunciation n. - Governmenta nonreigning female member of a royal family.
- Government[Hist.]a female sovereign or monarch;
queen. - Governmentthe consort of a prince.
- Government(in Great Britain) a daughter or granddaughter (if the child of a son) of a king or queen.
- a woman considered to have the qualities or characteristics of a princess.
adj. - ClothingAlso, prin′cesse. (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.
- Middle French. See prince, -ess
- Middle English princesse 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: princess /prɪnˈsɛs/ n - (in Britain) a daughter of the sovereign or of one of the sovereign's sons
- a nonreigning female member of a sovereign family
- the wife and consort of a prince
- any very attractive or outstanding woman
- Also called: princess dress, princess line a style of dress with a fitted bodice and an A-line skirt that is shaped by seams from shoulder to hem without a seam at the waistline
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