Meaning | A female member of a royal family other than the queen / queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign). |
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Instances | Dido | (Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage |
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Sleeping Beauty | (fairy story) princess under an evil spell who could be awakened only by a prince's kiss |
Member of | royalty, royal family, royal line, royal house | royal persons collectively |
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Narrower | archduchess | A wife or widow of an archduke or a princess of the former ruling house of Austria |
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crown princess | A female heir apparent to a throne |
maharani, maharanee | A great rani |
princess royal | The eldest daughter of a British sovereign |
Broader | aristocrat, blue blood, patrician | A member of the aristocracy |
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Spanish | infanta, princesa |
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Catalan | infanta, princesa |
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