n. (as a title usu. Princess)
1. the wife of a prince.
2 a female member of a royal family other than a reigning queen.
3 (in full princess of the blood) a daughter or granddaughter of a British monarch.
4 a pre-eminent woman or thing personified as a woman.
Phrases and idioms:
Princess Regent
1. a princess who acts as regent.
2 the wife of a Prince Regent. Princess Royal a monarch's eldest daughter, as a title conferred by the monarch.
Etymology: ME f. OF princesse (as PRINCE)