Princess vs. Prince

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  • Princess

    Princess is a regal rank and the feminine equivalent of prince (from Latin princeps, meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince or for the daughters of a king or sovereign prince.

  • Prince

    A prince is a male ruler ranked below a king and above a duke or member of a monarch’s or former monarch’s family. Prince is also a title of nobility, often hereditary, in some European states. The feminine equivalent is a princess. The English word derives, via the French word prince, from the Latin noun princeps, from primus (first) + capio (to seize), meaning “the chief, most distinguished, ruler, prince”.

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  • Princess (noun)

    A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter. from 14th c.

  • Princess (noun)

    A woman or girl who excels in a given field or class. from 14th c.

  • Princess (noun)

    A female ruler or monarch; a queen. from 15th c.

  • Princess (noun)

    The wife of a prince; the female ruler of a principality. from 15th c.

    “Princess Grace was the Princess of Monaco.”

  • Princess (noun)

    A young girl; used as a term of endearment. from 18th c.

  • Princess (noun)

    A young girl or woman considered vain, spoiled or selfish; a prima donna. from 20th c.

  • Princess (noun)

    A tinted crystal marble used in children’s games.

  • Princess (noun)

    A type of court card in the Tarot pack, coming between the 10 and the prince (Jack).

  • Princess (noun)

    A female lemur.

  • Prince (noun)

    A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch. from 13th c.

  • Prince (noun)

    A female monarch.

  • Prince (noun)

    Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person. from 13th c.

    “He is a prince among men.”

  • Prince (noun)

    The (male) ruler or head of a principality. from 14th c.

  • Prince (noun)

    A male member of a royal family other than the ruler; especially (in the United Kingdom) the son or grandson of the monarch. from 14th c.

  • Prince (noun)

    A non-royal high title of nobility, especially in France and the Holy Roman Empire.

    “Prince Louis de Broglie won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physics.”

  • Prince (noun)

    The mushroom Agaricus augustus.

  • Prince (noun)

    A type of court card used in tarot cards, the equivalent of the jack.

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