as in queen
a usually glamorous woman who is preeminent in her field of activity
as the reigning princess of pop music, she exerts an enormous influence over teens
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Recent Examples of princess
In the last year, the princess has been making a slow return to life in the public eye.
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Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 14 June 2025
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure Disney is known for making girls, young and old, want to be a princess in real life.
—Essence, 10 June 2025
Hornet, the princess of Hallownest, will be more agile and quick than The Knight, and will face speedier enemies.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Lana Del Rey, Rosalina Rosalina is the newest and most ethereal of the Nintendo princesses, and Del Rey’s otherworldly quality feels like an apt fit.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 6 June 2025
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Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 14 June 2025
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure Disney is known for making girls, young and old, want to be a princess in real life.
—Essence, 10 June 2025
Hornet, the princess of Hallownest, will be more agile and quick than The Knight, and will face speedier enemies.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Lana Del Rey, Rosalina Rosalina is the newest and most ethereal of the Nintendo princesses, and Del Rey’s otherworldly quality feels like an apt fit.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for princess
Noun
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While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
14 July 2017
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THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.—
Cole Kazdin,
Los Angeles Magazine,
14 July 2017
Noun
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And what is Winnie but a great diva’s part—Beckett’s greatest?—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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And then, like a rousing 11 o’clock number in the awards race, wild interpersonal diva drama!—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
9 June 2025
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“Princess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/princess. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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