What is "princess"

Princess \Prin"cess\, n. [F. princesse. See Prince, and cf. Princesse.]

1. A female prince; a woman having sovereign power, or the rank of a prince.
   --Dryden.

   So excellent a princess as the present queen.
   --Swift.

2. The daughter of a sovereign; a female member of a royal family.
   --Shak.

3. The consort of a prince; as, the princess of Wales.

   Princess royal, the eldest daughter of a sovereign.

late 14c., "woman of royal or noble birth; daughter or wife of a ruler or prince; female ruler," a native formation, or else from Old French princesse, fem. of prince (see prince). Compare Medieval Latin principissa, Italian principessa. As a colloquial form of address to a woman or girl, it is recorded from 1924 (as a term of address to a lover, early 15c.).

n. 1 A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter. (from 14th c.) 2 A woman or girl who excels in a given field or class. (from 14th c.) 3 (context now archaic English) A female ruler or monarch; a queen. (from 15th c.) 4 The wife of a prince; the female ruler of a principality. (from 15th c.) 5 A young girl; used as a term of endearment. (from 18th c.) 6 (context derogatory chiefly US English) A young girl or woman considered 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.

n. a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)

Desiree Heslop, best known as Princess, is a British singer who found chart success in the mid-1980s. In the late-1970s she worked with the group Osibisa. Her debut solo album Princess (1986) was composed and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman which contained the hit single, "Say I'm Your Number One". The album spawned five charting singles, and was certified silver in the UK.

Heslop signed with Polydor and recorded her second album, All for Love (1987) in the United States, but neither the album nor its three singles had much success. In 1989, she released the stand-alone single "Lover Don't Go", which failed to chart. Her third album, Say It, which was slated for release in 1990, was never issued as Princess retired from the music scene and moved to the US after the death of her mother and the assassination of her brother.

From 1991 to 2003 she lived in the US, before returning to England in 2003. That same year she formed her own music label with her brother Donovan, OnDa Ground Music Label, which has released all her music since, and released her first single in 14 years, "Ride", with rap ensemble EEDB. A music video was also filmed which referenced her retirement.

She appeared in ITV's 2005 production Hit Me, Baby, One More Time, singing Kylie Minogue's " Slow".

In April 2014, she released her third album, The Emergence, the first in 27 years. It is the first in a trilogy of albums, the other ones titled The Passion and The One.

Princess is a regal rank and the feminine equivalent of prince (from Latin princeps, meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince or for the daughters of a king or sovereign prince.

A princess (also known as a cardinal, archbishop, or simply bishop+knight compound) is a fairy chess piece that can move like a bishop or a knight. It cannot jump over other pieces when moving as a bishop, but may do so when moving as a knight. Below, it is given the symbol NB from Betza notation.

The Princess is a family car that was produced in the United Kingdom by British Leyland from 1975 until 1981 (1982 in New Zealand.) The car inherited a front-wheel drive / transverse engine configuration from its predecessor, the BMC ADO17 range. This was still unusual in Europe for full-sized family cars and gave the Princess a cabin space advantage when compared with similarly sized cars from competing manufacturers.

The car, which was given the design code ADO71, was originally marketed as the Austin / Morris / Wolseley 18–22 series. In 1975 the range was renamed "Princess". This was a new marque created by British Leyland although it had previously been used as a model name on the Austin Princess limousine from 1947 to 1956. The Princess is often referred to as the Austin Princess. Although this name was not used in the UK market, it was used in New Zealand. The car later appeared in revamped form as the Austin Ambassador, which was produced from 1981 until 1984 and only ever sold in Britain.

Princess sales, although initially strong, were tailing off by the end of the 1970s, primarily because of quality and reliability issues. Also, some of its competitors had gained a versatile fifth door which the Princess lacked, and the medium large-car sector fell victim to a poor economic climate further compounded by the OPEC oil crisis of the day. It was somewhere between the Ford Cortina in Ford Granada in terms of size, being designed to compete with more expensive versions of the Cortina as well as entry-level versions of the Granada, with the Austin Maxi and Ford Cortina being the key rivals to the Ford Cortina, while the Rover SD1 (launched in 1976) was the Granada's key rival.

Total production amounted to 224,942 units.

Princess is a Flash animation series by Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of South Park. The story follows a Lhasa Apso dog.

On December 8, 1999, Daily Variety reported that Parker and Stone were going to produce 39 shorts that were to be 3-5 minutes long. In January 2000, the duo announced that they would have full creative and artistic control of the series.

The animated short was originally produced with Macromedia Flash in 2001 and was meant to be showcased on Macromedia's sister-site shockwave.com. Stone and Parker never heard back from shockwave.com after submitting the first two episodes.

Parker has stated that he and Stone would love to do more episodes if someone wanted to distribute them and has encouraged fans with Flash skills to continue the story themselves.

Princess is a title of nobility. It may also refer to:

is a shōjo manga magazine published monthly on the 6th in Japan by Akita Shoten. It is aimed at teenage girls, and its main competitors are Lala, Bessatsu Margaret, and Betsucomi. Its sister publication is , which branched out from the Princess magazine in 1979. Princess Gold is published 9 times a year.

"Царевна" (Tsaryevna, ) is the third single from Belarusian singer Dmitry Koldun. Koldun has recently seen great successes with previous songs Work Your Magic and Я Для Tебя in his homeland Belarus and in neighbouring Russia.

The media in these countries has highly publicised the new song with countless interviews with Koldun and picture releases showing Koldun behind the scenes. The song is expected to achieve a high chart position following Koldun's past success. Unlike Я Для Tебя this song is new and has not been performed by Koldun before (like in the Fabrika contest/s).

On 27 April 2008 the music video could be viewed on YouTube. The video was made available early for Koldun fans on his official forum.

Princess is a 2008 television film starring Kip Pardue and Nora Zehetner.

Princess is a 2006 adult-themed Danish animated film directed by Anders Morgenthaler and co-written by Morgenthaler and Mette Heeno. The film tells the harsh story of a 32-year-old missionary named August whose sister, a former porn star nicknamed "The Princess," has died of drug abuse and left behind her 5-year-old daughter. August adopts the child and they embark on a violent mission of vengeance to destroy all existing pornographic material featuring Princess. Princess, rated for mature audiences, won awards at three European film festivals and was nominated for the 2007 Robert Award for Best Danish Film.

"Princess" is the second single released by Australian pop punk band Short Stack, taken from their debut album, Stack Is the New Black. The single and second EP were released on 27 February 2009; the first EP was released on 19 January.

Princess is a 7" single by Sebadoh, released in 1996. It was only available by mail-order.

A re-recorded version of "Princess" entitled "Prince-S" would later appear on the album Harmacy.

Princess was a pigeon who received the Dickin Medal in 1946 from the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals for bravery in service during the Second World War.

The Princess is a beauty pageant in Japan that selects the contestant to represent each district at this beauty pageant. It started in 2007, and is held annually throughout Japan.

The Princess was an automobile built in Detroit, Michigan by the Princess Motor Car Company from 1914 until 1918. The original Princess was a light two-seater costing $475. It was powered by a 1.6-liter Farmer engine.

'' Princess (stylized as Prince$$) is a Canadian television series hosted by Gail Vaz-Oxlade that premiered in 2010. The program is similar in format to her earlier endeavor, Til Debt Do Us Part; however, rather than helping couples in financial trouble, Vaz-Oxlade assists women who are considered self-indulgent and spoiled. Participants are given weekly challenges, some of which are to help bring the finances and debt under control, while others are meant to help correct the participant's attitude and make amends to their friends and relatives. At the end of six weeks, Vaz-Oxlade gives the participant a cheque for an amount up to $5,000, based upon Vaz-Oxlade's assessment of the participant's success in each of the challenges.

In the United States, the show airs on Saturday nights on cable news channel CNBC.

Princess is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Jam Hsiao's second Mandarin studio album. It was released on 17 July 2009 by Warner Music Taiwan. The album was available for pre-order, from 23 June 2009, as the Princess (First Press Limited Edition) which includes gifts and photobook. A further edition, Princess (Live Limited Edition) (王妃 Live 影音限定版 2CD+DVD) was released on 28 August 2009 with bonus CD and DVD containing live tracks and footage from Hsiao's Princess Live Concert Tour at Tainan, Taiwan.

The track "Say a lil something" is composed by label mate Khalil Fong and four tracks, "小男人大男孩" (Not A Boy, Not Yet A Man), "Green Door", "給愛人" (To My Beloved) and "寂寞還是你" (Lonesome for You) are composed by Hsiao. The music video for "我不會愛" (Don't Know How to Love) features Taiwanese actress Sandrine Pinna.

Princess is a 2014 Israeli drama film directed and written by Tali Shalom Ezer. It is Ezer's first feature film. Shira Haas stars as Adar, a 12-year-old girl whose close relationship with her mother's boyfriend becomes sexually abusive. Princess premiered at the 2014 Jerusalem Film Festival.