- single word requests - What is the Prince Princess equivalent for . . .
If a prince becomes a king, and a princess becomes a queen, what is the term for someone who becomes an emperor empress? The title of the heir to a throne is Prince Princess
- When did prince princess come to mean royal heir?
The words prince and princess come to English from Old French and ultimately from Latin's quot;princeps quot; However, in both Latin and Old French, as well as historical Italian, quot;prince q
- Verbally differentiating between princes and princess
Verbally differentiating between "prince's" and "princess" Ask Question Asked 11 years, 1 month ago Modified 11 years, 1 month ago
- What is the short form for little ? Is it lil or lil?
The form lil is used, but the most common variant seems to be lil' (capitalized when it is a name) Wikipedia "Lil" is a kind of prefix and is the short form of "little" It is often spelled with an apostrophe as "Lil'" or "Li'l" When used as a prefix in comic or animation it can refer to a specific style of drawing where the characters appear in a chubby, childlike style These are normally
- Less politically problematic alternative to princess or snowflake
But both of these terms are politically problematic - princess because it's gendered and sounds demeaning to women, and snowflake because it's a common alt-right insult
- Is this correct usage of designate as an adjective?
As [Wikipedia] () says, a postpositive or postnominal adjective is an attributive adjective that is placed after the noun or pronoun that it modifies Subcategory Names of posts, ranks, etc : bishop emeritus, professor emeritus, attorney general, consul general, governor general, postmaster general, surgeon general, Astronomer Royal, Princess Royal, airman basic, minister plenipotentiary
- Is there a female equivalent of prince in the sense of sovereign . . .
However, due to women historically being excluded from seats of power, there are hardly any cases where a princess has ruled over a principality without baing married to a prince And if there's a prince by her side, it's arguable whether the princess is assumed to be ruling (in the actual sense of the word), or simply married to the ruler
- single word requests - Is there a male equivalent of dowager with . . .
I see Wikipedia talks about "Queen dowagers" and that "dowager Princess" has sometimes been used, so "dowager Prince Phillip" would fit except "dowager" always refers to a female, specifically a widow So is there any equivalent for a widower?
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