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princess

prin·cess

princess

 
pronunciation:
prIn ses [or] prIn sihs
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: a daughter or other close female member of the family of a king or queen.
 
definition 2: the wife of a prince.
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The word princess contains the following parts:
prim, princ Latin root that means first
synonyms:
proto, prot, arch, archi, arche (archae), archeo, (archaeo), -arch, -archy
 
-ess Greek noun-forming suffix that means female