"princessness" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From princess + -ness.",
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          "ref": "1975, Leslie Tonner, Nothing But the Best: The Luck of the Jewish Princess, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, page 144",
          "text": "“[…] When I deal with them, on cases or in the courtroom, I can see that they may be Jewish Princesses. But they use that quality professionally and make it work.” How does one use princessness on the job? Easy, the lawyer said. “They’re used to having their own way and they never entertain the thought of failure. With that attitude, they know they’ll get ahead.”",
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          "ref": "1986, Association for the Study of Jewish Languages, Jewish Language Review, volume 6, page 278",
          "text": "Now among Jews the quintessential feature of Jewish princessness is material self-indulgence.",
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          "ref": "1995 October, Ian Penney, Ian Penney's Book of Fairy Tales, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., page 9",
          "text": "He visited all the beautiful castles and palaces that he could find, from the Welsh mountains to the Norfolk countryside, from the Northumbrian hills to the South Downs, and found hundreds of princesses, all wearing magnificent dresses and covered in dazzling jewels – but none of them seemed to have quite enough . . . well, quite enough princessness about them.",
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          "ref": "2001, Nicole Johnson, Keeping a Princess Heart: In a Not-So-Fairy-Tale World, Thomas Nelson (publisher), page 5; republished United Kingdom, 2007 May 13",
          "text": "And her job gave no allowances for princesses—work, work, and work. She’d become a nine-to-lifer. She’d either been robbed of her princessness, or she’d never really been one.",
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          "ref": "2005, University of Calgary. Faculty of Education, My Most Memorable Teacher: 100 Alberta Stories for 100 Years, Red Deer Press, page 107",
          "text": "Years later when I was the mother of a very artistic son, we would see Alice at the local grocery store, resplendent in white fur from head to toe—a vision of Russian princessness!",
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        {
          "ref": "2008 March, Antonia Urduja Roberts, Schizo-Whispers: My Autobiography, Athena Press, page 181",
          "text": "I was not flattered. I knew I was a princess and I did not need flattery to inflate my ego. My princessness was a subjective aspect of my persona; as Jesus was king of His heavenly kingdom, his subjective persona.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 March, Liz Razin, “Stage II: Diagnosis”, in She's Gone Bridal!: A 9-Step Program for Dealing with Your Bride from Hell, Citadel Press, Bridal Case File #19: Lisa N., pages 40–41; republished United States, 2012",
          "text": "As her maid of honor (MOH), Lisa N. was a true champ. Using her Bridal Mode skills, she dealt perfectly with every piece of princessness thrown at her: hearing about the bleach-white horses, discussing the precise blend of rice to throw at the end of the wedding, and reviewing the ins and outs of their honeymoon plans at Disney’s Magic Kingdom.",
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          "ref": "2010 October 21, Russell Joseph Geary, Erika, Xlibris, page 170",
          "text": "But it wasn’t Michigan Avenue at all that made Erika conscious of the incongruity between her clear-headed intelligence and her princessness.",
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          "ref": "2017 January 23, Patricia Forsythe, The Husband She Can't Forget: A Clean Romance, Harlequin Enterprises",
          "text": "“What are you doing?” Carly asked, looking around. “You don’t want to be in here. You’re way too much of a princess.” / “Remember how I grew up, Carly. I’ve earned my princessness.”",
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        "The quality of being a princess."
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          "ref": "1975, Leslie Tonner, Nothing But the Best: The Luck of the Jewish Princess, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, page 144",
          "text": "“[…] When I deal with them, on cases or in the courtroom, I can see that they may be Jewish Princesses. But they use that quality professionally and make it work.” How does one use princessness on the job? Easy, the lawyer said. “They’re used to having their own way and they never entertain the thought of failure. With that attitude, they know they’ll get ahead.”",
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          "text": "I was not flattered. I knew I was a princess and I did not need flattery to inflate my ego. My princessness was a subjective aspect of my persona; as Jesus was king of His heavenly kingdom, his subjective persona.",
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          "text": "As her maid of honor (MOH), Lisa N. was a true champ. Using her Bridal Mode skills, she dealt perfectly with every piece of princessness thrown at her: hearing about the bleach-white horses, discussing the precise blend of rice to throw at the end of the wedding, and reviewing the ins and outs of their honeymoon plans at Disney’s Magic Kingdom.",
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