different between princess vs streaker

English

Etymology

From Middle English princesse, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman princesse, Old French princesse, corresponding to prince +? -ess.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??n?s?s/, /?p??ns?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??ns?s/, /?p??ns?s/

Noun

princess (plural princesses)

1. A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. [from 14th c.]
2. A woman or girl who excels in a given field or class. [from 14th c.]
3. (now archaic) A female ruler or monarch; a queen. [from 15th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.12:

     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 […]

4. The wife of a prince; the female ruler of a principality. [from 15th c.]

   Princess Grace was the Princess of Monaco.

5. A young girl; used as a term of endearment. [from 18th c.]
6. (derogatory, chiefly US) A young girl or woman (or less commonly a man) who is vain, spoiled or selfish; a prima donna. [from 20th c.]
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.

Usage notes

• A princess is usually styled “Her Highness”. A princess in a royal family is “Her Royal Highness”; in an imperial family “Her Imperial Highness”.

Coordinate terms

• prince

Derived terms

Related terms

• princely
• principality

Translations

See also

• archduchess
• duchess
• grand duchess
• highness
• royal

Anagrams

• Crespins, crispens

English

Etymology

streak +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?st?ik?/
• Rhymes: -i?k?(r)

Noun

streaker (plural streakers)

1. One who runs naked through a public place as a prank.
2. The dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba.

   Synonym: striped dolphin

Translations

Anagrams

• restreak, retakers

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English streaker. Equivalent to streaken +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?stri?.k?r/, [?st?i?.k?r]
• Hyphenation: strea?ker

Noun

streaker m (plural streakers)

1. A streaker (one who runs naked in public, especially at sports games).