English Explanatory Dictionary

Princess Royal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A style customarily (but not automatically) awarded by a British monarch to his or her eldest daughter.

Word forms

Princess Royal Princesses Royal

Etymology

A calque translation of French princesse royale, hence the unusual order of adjective following noun.

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