What is the difference between princess and queen?
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A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter.
* 1872 , George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin
A woman or girl who excels in a given field or class.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.12:
The wife of a prince; the female ruler of a principality.
A young girl; used as a term of endearment.
(derogatory, chiefly, US) A young girl or woman considered vain, spoiled or selfish; a prima donna.
A tinted crystal marble used in children's games.
A type of court card in the Tarot pack, coming between the 10 and the prince (Jack).
A female lemur.
A female monarch. Example: (Queen Victoria)
The wife or widow of a king.
(chess) The most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
(card games) A playing card with the picture of a queen on its face, the twelfth card in a given suit.
A powerful or forceful female person.
(derogatory, slang) An effeminate male homosexual. See drag queen.
A reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.
An adult female cat valued for breeding. See also tom.
To make a queen.
(obsolete) To act the part of a queen; to queen it.
(chess) To promote a pawn, usually to a queen.
(BDSM, slang, transitive, of a female) To sit on the face of (a partner) to receive oral sex.
* 2000 , "Lorelei", The Mistress Manual: The Good Girl's Guide to Female Dominance
* 2007 , Madelynne Ellis, Dark Designs
* 2012 , Yolanda Celbridge, The Castle of Maldona
Queen is a coordinate term of princess.
As nouns the difference between princess and queen
is that princess is a female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter while queen is a female monarch. Example: Queen VictoriaAs proper nouns the difference between princess and queen
is that princess is the title of a princess while Queen is a title given to queens.As a verb queen is
to make a queen.princess
English
(wikipedia princess)Noun
(es)- She did not cry long, however, for she was as brave as could be expected of a princess of her age.
- 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 [...].
- Princess''' Grace was the '''Princess of Monaco.
- You're a real princess .
Usage notes
* Possessive forms: princess's'' (main form used by academics) ''The princess's golden hair.''; ''princess' '' (main form used by newspapers) ''The princess' golden hair. * 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
* princeDerived terms
* crown princess * pavement princess * pearly princess * princess cut * princessification * princessipality * princessless * princesslike * princessliness * princessly * princess seam * princessy * unprincesslikeSee also
* archduchess * duchess * grand duchess * highness * royalAnagrams
* English affectionate termsqueen
English
(wikipedia queen)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (female monarch) queen regnant * (wife of a king) queen consortDerived terms
* drag queen * drama queen * ice queen * May Queen / queen of the May * prom queen * queencraft * queenhood * Queenie * queenlike * queenly * Queen of Sheba * Queen's English * queenship * requeenSee also
* *See also
* czarina * duchess * emperor * empress * imperial * jack * king * kingdom * majesty * prince * princess * royal * royaltyVerb
- (Shakespeare)
- Try Queening him. Have him lie on his back while you sit on his face (make sure he has an airway through either his mouth or his nose).
- ...not Eloise, sat queening him. He couldn't wait to tip her velvet. He wanted to come, but not here, with these three. It was time to extract himself.
- She saw his pink tongue flickering on Clare's exposed nympha as she queened him, her love juices shining on his chin and throat