Word Finder - princesses

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A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter.

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A woman or girl who excels in a given field or class.

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A female ruler or monarch; a queen.

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The wife of a prince; the female ruler of a principality.

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Princess Grace was the Princess of Monaco.

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A young girl; used as a term of endearment.

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A young girl or woman (or less commonly a man) who is vain, spoiled or selfish; a prima donna.

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A tinted crystal marble used in children's games.

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A type of court card in the Tarot pack, coming between the 10 and the prince (Jack).

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A female lemur.

His relations with the grand-dukes of Muscovy were friendly on the whole, and twice he married orthodox Russian princesses; but this did not prevent him from besieging Moscow in 1368 and again in 1372, both times unsuccessfully.

The first door on the left led into the princesses' apartments.

The royal princesses were insulted in the streets; and on the 29th of April 1825 Charles, when reviewing the National Guard, was met with cries from the ranks of "Down with the ministers !"

He was also appointed a member of the Privy Council, and entrusted with the education of the two princesses - Mary and Anne.

Other orders are the Siamese Crown (Mongkut Siam), five classes, founded 1869; the family Order of ChulahChon-Clao, three classes, 1873; and the Maha Charkrkri, 1884, only for princes and princesses of the reigning family.

His second wife, Sophie Charlotte (1668-1705), sister of the English king George I., was the friend of Leibnitz and one of the most cultured princesses of the age; she bore him his only son, his successor, King Frederick William I.

The article "Arsinoe" in Pauly-Wissowa's Realencyclopcidie contains a full list of those who bore the name, and also of the numerous towns which were called after the various princesses.

His death was brought on by the rigour with which he treated the princesses, one of whom, with or without the connivance of the caliph, organized a plot for his assassination, and he died in September 1160.

British dukes rank next to princes and princesses of the blood royal, the two archbishops of Canterbury and York, the lord Chancellor, etc., but beyond this precedence they have no special privileges which are not shared by peers of lower rank.

One of the princesses, Eudocia, was married to Hunneric, eldest son of Gaiseric; her mother and sister, after long and tedious negotiations, were sent to Constantinople.

This office of abbess is of considerable social dignity, and is sometimes filled by princesses of the reigning houses.

At Rome she painted the portraits of Princesses Adelaide and Victoria, and at Naples the "Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante" now in the collection of Mr Tankerville Chamberlayne; and then journeyed to Vienna, Berlin and St Petersburg.

The efforts of the British minister to defeat the French marriages of the Spanish princesses, by an appeal to the treaty of Utrecht and the other powers of Europe, were wholly unsuccessful; France won the game, though with no small lost of honourable reputation.

The children of the sovereign other than his eldest son, though by courtesy " princes " and " princesses, " need a royal warrant to raise them de jure above the common herd; and even then, though they be dubbed " Royal Highness " in their cradles, they remain " commoners " till raised to the peerage.

Raised to the rank of a princess in 1858, the countess and her children were allowed to style themselves princes and princesses of Battenberg, with the addition of Durchlaucht or Serene Highness.

The abbess of the nunnery, who held from 1275 the rank of a princess of the Empire, was assisted by a chapter of ten princesses and countesses; she governed the town until 1803, when it was secularized and incorporated with Prussia.

His good fortune soon led him from conquest to spoliation, and he complicated his master-idea of the grand empire by his Family Compact; the clan of the Bonapartes invaded European monarchies, wedding with princesses of blood- royal, and adding kingdom to kingdom.

He finally dragged the dragon to the town, using the princesses girdle, and slayed it in front of all the towns people.

I then read several back issues of Disney princesses and played shape snap before dinner.

Odile returned (in all black tutu this time) and joined the end of the queue of princesses.

The imperial family were renowned for their beauty, and the princesses of this race were sought as brides by Byzantine emperors of the dynasty of the Palaeologi, by Western nobles, and by Mahommedan princes; and the connexions thus formed originated a variety of diplomatic relations and friendly or offensive alliances.

The same policy of fusion was furthered by the great marriage festival at Susa, when Alexander took two more wives from the Persian royal house, married a number of his generals to Oriental princesses, and even induced as many as he could of the rank-and-file to take Asiatic wives.

James Grant's view that it may have been the earlier name of the castle, from dun (" the fort "), and edin (" on the slope "), conflicts with the more generally received opinion that the Britons knew the fortress as Castelh Mynedh Agnedh (" the hill of the plain "), a designation once wrongly interpreted as the " castle of the maidens " (castrum puellarum), in allusion to the supposed fact that the Pictish princesses were lodged within it during their education.

Near his pyramid was discovered the splendid jewelry of some princesses of his family (see JEWELRY ad mit.).

British dukes rank next to princes and princesses of the blood royal, the two archbishops of Canterbury and York, the lord Chancellor, &c., but beyond this precedence they have no special privileges which are not shared by peers of lower rank (see Peerage).

About 80,000 went in payments on all the estates to the Land Bank, about 30,000 went for the upkeep of the estate near Moscow, the town house, and the allowance to the three princesses; about 15,000 was given in pensions and the same amount for asylums; 150,000 alimony was sent to the countess; about 70,000 went for interest on debts.

The princesses Aline and Sophie sit whole days with me, and we, unhappy widows of live men, make beautiful conversations over our 'charpie', only you, my friend, are missing... and so on.

Wall Nutz includes Disney Princesses, space travel, horses and dinosaur wall stickers perfect for a girl or boy's room.

Disney features the three princesses, Cinderella, Belle and Aurora in bedding ensembles.

A canopy bed is a must for some princesses, or you might want to stylize the bed in the form of a princess carriage straight out of Cinderella.

A girl who might love princesses at the age of eight or nine might not be so in favor of having a princess duvet, princess curtains, and princess pillowcases at the age of 15.

Drugstore lines like Wet n Wild, Rimmel, Jane, and NYX have good quality colors (for eye makeup, bruises, dark circles, etc), shimmer products (great for little princesses and fairies), and more.

A variety of tricks are usually employed to achieve various looks, ranging from princesses and genies to vampires and devils.

This can be tricky, because attractive costumes, such as ballerinas, fairies and princesses, don't require the kind of heavy makeup that clowns, witches and demons do.

You might also wish to create a book for a young child whose favorite characters in the world are Disney princes or princesses.

Many girls dress up like princesses, wear crowns or ribbons in their hair, and participate in festivities like dancing.

Everyone loves a great princess & prince-related prom theme like "A Night for Princesses," "Dreams Do Come True," and a general Disney princess theme.

In product merchandising, she surpassed the billion-dollar mark in 2004, and remains a leading TV character brand contender, equal in footing to all the Disney princesses.

Castles and princesses go together in colorful patterns that may include various scenes of majestic turrets with fluttering flags.

A knight on a horse beneath the castle may reflect some of the fairy tales about princesses and knights in shining armor.

Some of the icons of other children television shows, cartoons and movies are gender-specific, like the Disney Princesses, while others, like the Sesame Street characters, are coveted by both girls and boys.

Fey voices the British and German princesses in the pinball machine game Medieval Madness (1997).

The company's rainy day fashions for girls feature popular Disney princesses, such as Belle, Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty.

For girls, you'll find nightgowns that feature monkeys, Disney princesses, Disney musicals, Dora the Explorer, Dr. Seuss characters, music stars and plenty of girly patterns.

For some kids it's dinosaurs or princesses, but for millions of space opera fans, the Star Wars series is the epitome of cool.

Whatever your young lady is into, whether it be Disney princesses, the color orange, or a certain type of animal, there are plenty of girls' bathrobes available to fit her needs.

First of all, where did your daughter learn about princesses?

Disney stores can be found in many major malls, but the online Disney store facilitates your princess purchases with an entire listing devoted to Disney Princesses.

Shopping for these dresses is second only to the pleasure of seeing little girls dressed up in their best clothes, feeling like princesses.

The classic princess coat is still the go-to style for little princesses everywhere.