Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRIN'CESS
PRINCE'S-METALPRIN'CESS-LIKE, or PRIN'CESS-LY
PRIN'CESS, n.
- A female sovereign, as an empress or queen. – Dryden.
- A sovereign lady of rank next to that of a queen. – Johnson.
- The daughter of a king. – Shak.
- The consort of a prince; as, the princess of Wales.
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