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
The conservative Yomiuri issued its own proposal in May, calling for an urgent revision to the Imperial House Law to give royal status to husbands and children of princesses and allow women to succeed the throne.
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Mari Yamaguchi, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
In March 2024, the princess revealed in a video statement that she had been diagnosed with cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy.
—Emily Trainham, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Mamoru Hosoda’s anime riff on Hamlet gives us a princess of Denmark hell-bent on killing the uncle who usurped the crown from her beloved dad.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2025
Each child will have the chance to meet and take photos with their favorite princesses during a special meet-and-greet.
—Tiffani Jackson Skinner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
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Mari Yamaguchi, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
In March 2024, the princess revealed in a video statement that she had been diagnosed with cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy.
—Emily Trainham, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Mamoru Hosoda’s anime riff on Hamlet gives us a princess of Denmark hell-bent on killing the uncle who usurped the crown from her beloved dad.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2025
Each child will have the chance to meet and take photos with their favorite princesses during a special meet-and-greet.
—Tiffani Jackson Skinner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for princess
Noun
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Trending Video For consistency, all of the prices reflect queen sizes.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
10 Sep. 2025
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The show created by and starring Florence Longpré, a queen of Canadian dramedy, is playing on Bell’s streamer Crave in Canada, and Canal+ in France.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
9 Sep. 2025
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Over the years, he has been cast as a calculating politician, as a distant diva, and as a football star too interested in his Q score.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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In the film — her first since portraying opera diva Maria Callas in last year’s Maria — the Oscar winner, 50, stars as Maxine, an American film director hired to make a video for a Paris fashion event amid being diagnosed with breast cancer and navigating a divorce.—
Eric Andersson,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Princess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/princess. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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