dictionary definitions for "princess"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  princess
      n : a female member of a royal family other than the queen
          (especially the daughter of a sovereign)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              So excellent a princess as the present queen.
                                                    --Swift.
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     2. The daughter of a sovereign; a female member of a royal
        family. --Shak.
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     3. The consort of a prince; as, the princess of Wales.
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     Princess royal, the eldest daughter of a sovereign.
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