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e prince; a woman having sovereign power, or the rank of a prince. Dryden. So excellent a princess as the present queen. Swift.

A term applied to a lady's long, close-fitting dress made with waist and skirt in one.

Like a princess.

Pertaining to a walk. [R.] The princess of whom his majesty had an ambulatory view in his travels. Sir H. Wotton.

The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of Austria. See Archduke.

nor . . . And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. Acts xxiv. 9. The princess assented to all that was suggested. Macaulay.

In the East Indies, a princess or lady of high rank. Malcom.

Such was the declaration presented by the Lords and Commons of England to the Prince and Princess of Orange in 1688, and enacted in Parliament after they became king and queen. In America, a bill or declaration of rights is prefixed to most of the constitutions of the several States. -- Bill of sale, a formal instrum…

To conduct; to lead; to guide. [Obs.] He was sent to conduce hither the princess. Sir H. Wotton.

d; to wish joy to. It is the king's most sweet pleasure and affection to congratulate the princess at her pavilion. Shak. To congratulate one's self, to rejoice; to feel satisfaction; to consider one's self happy or fortunate.

fitted up his palace in the most costly and sumptuous style, for the accomodation of the princess. Prescott.

Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court. The princesses held their court within the fortres. Macualay.

In England, one of the highest order of nobility after princes and princesses of the royal blood and the four archbishops of England and Ireland.

aid. (Zoöl.) See under Fair, a. -- Maid of honor, a female attendant of a queen or royal princess; - - usually of noble family, and having to perform only nominal or honorary duties. -- Old maid. See under Old.

A queen or princess; the wife of a rajah. [Written also ranee.] [India]