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{
"term": "princess",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a female member of a royal family who is not a queen, especially the daughter or granddaughter of the king or queen",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the royal princesses"
},
{
"text": "Princess Anne"
}
],
"topics": ["People in society"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the wife of a prince",
"sensetop": "princess of…",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the Princess of Wales",
"contextForm": "princess of…"
}
],
"topics": ["People in society"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a young woman who has always been given everything that she wants, and who thinks that she is better than other people",
"labels": "(disapproving)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "used by some men as a form of address to a girl or young woman",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Is something the matter, princess?"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌprɪnˈses//ˈprɪnses/",
"audio": "pr/princess/princess__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈprɪnses/",
"audio": "pr/princess/princess__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French princesse, from prince, from Latin princeps, princip- ‘first, chief, sovereign’, from primus ‘first’ + capere ‘take’."
}