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archprincess en · NOUN

Etymology

From arch- + princess.

Meanings

1. (dated, historical, rare) A princess of an especially high rank.
   • Among the younger set is the pretty, bright Princessin Pauline of Wurtemberg, a daughter of the King of Wurttenberg, and Archprincess of Wied, who also resides near the royal palace in Potsdam. 1902 December 3, “Beauties and Skeletons. Both Are to Be Found in the Royal Court at Berlin.”, in The Pittsburg Press, volume 19, number 333, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Press Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 6:
   • Just one day into the program and I became the archprincess of multitasking, surfing Internet news headlines with my cell phone cupped against my cheek and speaking in clipped, furtive whispers. 2010, Koren Zailckas, “Anger Intellectualized”, in Fury: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, page 109:
   • But while Belgium’s present King Baudouin is shown as descended from Wladyslaw’s grandson, Karol, archprince of Austria, Britain’s monarch is shown as descended from his granddaughter, Archprincess Maria. 1973 July 1, Trevor Wood, “Polish King of 13th Century an Ancestor of Elizabeth?”, in The Daily Colonist, home edition, 115th year, number 170, Victoria, B.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 5:
   • The convent has no vehicular access. It is enclosed; no woman but an archprincess can enter, and there is no archprincess; for A Ra is in sacred orders. 1932, John Gray, Park—a Fantastic Story, Aylesford, Kent: Saint Albert’s Press, published 1966, →OCLC, page 40:
   • IMPERIAL ARCHPRINCESS / LADY GENE FORREST (DECEASED) 1987 February 21, “Imperial Titles - in Order of Appointment”, in Imperial Coronation, San Francisco, Calif.: Gift Center Pavillion, column 2:
   • Archprincess Augusta usefully involved herself in war charity and Red Cross activities during the war. 2000, Ch J Blase, compiler, Hungarian Poster Stamps and Similar Cinderellas: A Narrative and Illustrated Catalogue, Alton, Hampshire: World Poster Stamps, →ISBN, page 393:

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