Princess
[ˌprɪnˈses] or [,prɪn'sɛs]
Definition
(noun.) a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign).
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Definition
(n.) A female prince; a woman having sovereign power, or the rank of a prince.
(n.) The daughter of a sovereign; a female member of a royal family.
(n.) The consort of a prince; as, the princess of Wales.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Female ruler.[2]. Sovereign's daughter.[3]. Prince's wife.
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Examples
- And what, think you, may have been the fate of the princess, Dejah Thoris? Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Where is the Princess of Helium? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Napoleon, thwarted of a Russian princess, snubbed indeed by Alexander, turned to Austria, and married the arch-duchess Marie Louise. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But worst of all, the door leading to the pits where I had hidden my Princess was ajar. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The long habit of rapid transitions made it easy for her to exclaim to the Duchess: Why, I thought you'd gone back to the Princess! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The Princess's guard fought nobly to the end, but they were soon overcome and slain. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Now, near the Palace where this Princess lived, there was a cottage in which there was a poor little tiny woman, who lived all alone by herself. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I am here in the interest of Tardos Mors, Jeddak of Helium, to discover the whereabouts of Dejah Thoris, our princess. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- So the Princess said, I never will betray you. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I am from Than Kosis, I replied, and wish to speak privately with Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Our son is there, and the soldiers of Helium, fighting for the Princess of Helium. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- No longer may you call me your princess. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- But I am not dead, my princess. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- I love only the Princess of Helium, I replied quietly. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- To this awful fate the creature within my power had condemned my Princess. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- But in spite of the comical red imps, sparkling elves, and the gorgeous princes and princesses, Jo's pleasure had a drop of bitterness in it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- And what good could his wife get, he urged, by making curtsies every night to a whole circle of Princesses? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Assyrian princesses (a daughter of Esarhaddon, _e. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He treated the Persian princesses with the utmost civility. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No person dined with the queen but the two princesses royal, the eldest sixteen years old, and the younger at that time thirteen and a month. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The places of the outer world and the temples of the therns had been robbed of their princesses and goddesses that the blacks might have their slaves. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- All the neighbouring Princes, Princesses, and Grandees were invited to the feast. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I was brought up, from my earliest remembrance--like some of the princesses in the fairy stories, only I was not charming--by my godmother. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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