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princess
[ prin-sis, -ses, prin-ses ]
noun
- a nonreigning female member of a royal family.
- History/Historical. a female sovereign or monarch; queen.
- the consort of a prince.
- (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.
adjective
- 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.
princess
/ prɪnˈsɛs /
noun
- (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 calledprincess dressprincess 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
Gender Note
Other Words From
- princess·like adjective
- princess·ly adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
George Taft, 65, and Ian Catterson, 73, drowned in February last year when MV Biter capsized while assisting the Hebridean Princess cruise ship.
It found that when MV Biter began to manoeuvre behind the Hebridean Princess the ship’s speed exceeded industry guidelines.
The report also highlighted that the cruise ship's master and tug masters did not have a "shared understanding" of the plan of the Clydeport pilot, who was controlling Hebridean Princess at the time.
The Princess of Wales's annual Christmas carol service is to go ahead this year and will celebrate people from "all over the UK who have shown love, kindness and empathy" to those in need of support.
The event will come at the end of a year during which the princess has had to largely withdraw from public duties following a cancer diagnosis, a period that the Prince of Wales recently described as the hardest of his life.
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