Search Result for "prima_donna":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a vain and temperamental person;

2. a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star;
[syn: prima donna, diva]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prima donna \Pri"ma don"na\; pl. E. Prima donnas, It. Prime Donne . [It., fr. primo, prima, the first + donna lady, mistress. See {Prime, a., and Donna.] The first or chief female singer in an opera. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

prima donna n 1: a vain and temperamental person 2: a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star [syn: prima donna, diva]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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