Meaning of princess-ship | Babel Free

Definitions

The dignity, rank, or office of a princess.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Near-synonym: princessdom”

““[…] I cannot get⟳ in, as the door is barred and bolted, and I am too mild to employ⟳ force⟳; but I have⟳ taken the liberty to torment her a little with my optical glass, that she may know⟳ I am her lord and master in spite of her imaginary princess-ship.””

“In the masterless state of her heart, she might have⟳ deemed the princess-ship tempting enough to warrant the venture.”

“A woman may take⟳ some comfort in being a princess, because she can set⟳ the fashions, and become⟳ the mother of kings; but, on the other hand, she can seldom marry⟳ her true-love, or have⟳ her own⟳ way in the training of her children; she can never prefer⟳ her friends to honor, or give⟳ a hearty snub to her enemies, for fear of losing her popularity. After all, I think⟳, if women had their choice of position in the world before they entered it, the princess-ships would go a-begging.”

“Nan gets out unassisted, feeling severely that her days of princess-ship are over; and she has redeemed her box, and the train⟳ is off again ere any one asks whither she is going.”

“Héctor Elizondo’s Joe might be the best perk of Mia’s princess-ship: The head of Genovian security never panics; he gut-checks Clarisse when he thinks she’s being too harsh on her granddaughter; and, in a major wingman move⟳, swoops in mid-thunderstorm with a limo to escort a soaked Mia to her inaugural ball.”

“Remembering her own⟳ formative first glimpse of Hepburn, she repositions a starlet now thought of as old-world as instead a proto-feminist, “abdicating her princess-ship” to adventure through Rome on a scooter.”

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