Definition of "princess"

princess

/pɹɪnˈsɛs/

noun
plural princesses
1. A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch.
  Quotations
  She did not cry long, however, for she was as brave as could be expected of a princess of her age.
  1872, George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin
2. A woman or girl who excels in a given field or class.
  Quotations
  Michael Jackson was the king of pop. Britney Spears was the pop princess. Until they weren't.
  2014, Blake Masters, Peter Thiel, Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future
3. (now archaic) A female ruler or monarch; a queen.
  Quotations
  And running all with greedie ioyfulnesse / To faire Irena, at her feet did fall, / And her adored with due humblenesse, / As their true Liege and Princesse naturall […]
  1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie
4. The wife of a prince; the female ruler of a principality.
5. A young girl; used as a term of endearment.
6. (derogatory, chiefly US) A young girl or woman (or less commonly a man) who is vain, spoiled, or selfish; a prima donna.
7. A tinted crystal marble used in children's games.
8. A type of court card in the Tarot pack, coming between the 10 and the prince (Jack).
9. A female lemur.
10. A Bulgarian open-faced baked sandwich prepared with ground meat.