different between satraps vs princess

English

Noun

satraps

1. plural of satrap

Latin

Alternative forms

• satrapa
• satrap?s

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (satráp?s).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?sa.traps/, [?s?ät??äps?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sa.traps/, [?s??t???ps]

Noun

satraps m (genitive satrapis); third declension

1. A satrap; a governor of a province, a viceroy among the Persians.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

• satrapia / satrap?a

References

• satraps in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• satraps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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