Princess royal, the eldest daughter of a sovereign.
Prin*cesse" (?), a. [F., a princess.] A term applied to a lady's long,
close-fitting dress made with waist and skirt in one.
Prin"cess*like` (?), a. Like a princess.
Prince"wood` (?), n. (Bot.) The wood of two small tropical American
trees (Hamelia ventricosa, and Cordia gerascanthoides). It is brownish,
veined with lighter color.
Prin"ci*fied (?), a. [Prince + L. -ficare (in comp.).] Imitative of a
prince. [R. & Colloq.] Thackeray.
Prin"ci*pal (?), a. [F., from L. principalis. See Prince.] 1. Highest
in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable
or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government;
the principal men of a state; the principal productions of a country;
the principal arguments in a case.
Wisdom is the principal thing.
Prov. iv. 7.