princess
part of speech
noun (a princess, princesses)
meaning for a pupil
1) The daughter or granddaughter of a king or queen. tree →
2) The wife of a prince. tree →
3) In fairy tales, a royal girl or young woman, often the heroine. tree →
4) (informal, sometimes teasing) A girl or woman who is treated as very special or acts spoiled: «Don't be such a princess.» tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories princesses appear in fairy tales (Snow White, Cinderella, the Princess and the Pea), sometimes waiting to be rescued, often today rescuing others. In real life the UK and other countries have royal princesses. Phrases: «fairy-tale princess», «Princess Royal», «princess and the pea», «spoiled princess».
examples
- The princess lived in a tall castle. tree →
- In this story the princess saves the prince from the dragon. tree →
- Princess Anne is the king's sister. tree →
- My little sister dressed up as a princess for the party. tree →
- «You're my little princess,» said Dad. tree →
- «Don't be such a princess, you can carry your own bag!» tree →
- And so he won the Princess. tree →
note
Plural princesses (add -es). Capital P before a name: Princess Diana. Male: prince. The teasing sense can be unkind.
In the corpora
- In March 2024 photo agencies withdrew a Mother's Day family photo because it had been edited, and the Princess apologised.
- A girl told a classmate she couldn't be the princess because of her skin colour — something she had heard somewhere and copied.
- She said sorry, and in the next game her classmate was the princess and she was the guard.
- Some girls sneer «Princess Lily» because her hair is neat and her books are tidy.
- The wisest of her princesses answer her, yea, she returneth answer to herself:
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «princess» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.