princess.
A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch.
Meaning & usage
A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch.
A woman or girl who excels in a given field or class.
A female ruler or monarch; a queen.
The wife of a prince; the female ruler of a principality.
Princess Grace was the Princess of Monaco.
A young girl; used as a term of endearment.
A young girl or woman (or less commonly a man) who is vain, spoiled, or selfish; a prima donna.
A tinted crystal marble used in children's games.
A type of court card in the Tarot pack, coming between the 10 and the prince (Jack).
A female lemur.
A Bulgarian open-faced baked sandwich prepared with ground meat.
A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the bishop and the knight.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English princesse, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman princesse, Old French princesse. By surface analysis, prince + -ess.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.