Hypertext Webster Gateway: "princess"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

So excellent a princess as the present queen.
--Swift.

2. The daughter of a sovereign; a female member of a royal
family. --Shak.

3. The consort of a prince; as, the princess of Wales.

{Princess royal}, the eldest daughter of a sovereign.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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