princess

noun

ˈprin(t)-səs How to pronounce princess (audio)
Definition of princessnext
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 mortal princess, Psyche, and the god of love, Eros, pioneered the romantic drama. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026 The two are now giving a spin on the Disney princess genre and true to their nature, there will be blood. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026 The boutique hotel is built on a love story—where a 19th-century British general fell in love with an Indian princess, who later took her grief and rich colour palette to Saint Tropez. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 For the princess of pop’s wedding, Dunham wore a fuchsia pink Christian Cowan dress and a blooming periwinkle flower on the chest. — Grace Byron, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for princess
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  1. queen
  2. diva
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  • Argentina’s queen of perreo-rave has become a South American it-girl, landing buzzy domestic collaborations with Dillom and Emilia Mernes, and strutting into the international spotlight with guest spots on tracks from Shy Girl and Yeri Mua.
    — Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Rihanna, Beyoncé — of course the OG queens, the Patti LaBelles, the Stephanie Mills, all of them like that.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of queen
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  • Johansson, as the PR nightmare pop diva, matches him and even gets to show off her musical chops in a couple of the songs provided by New Zealand’s Kimba.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Like any true diva, Godzilla doesn’t make an appearance until relatively late into Godzilla Minus Zero, the second of filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki’s efforts to return the monster movies to their post-WWII roots.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026
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