Usually means: Demanding, talented lead female singer.
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  1. prima donna: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. prima donna: Merriam-Webster
  3. prima donna: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. prima donna: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. prima donna: Collins English Dictionary
  6. prima donna: Vocabulary.com
  7. prima-donna, prima donna: Wordnik
  8. prima donna: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. prima donna: Wiktionary
  10. prima donna: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. prima donna: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. prima donna: Dictionary.com
  13. prima donna: Online Etymology Dictionary
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  15. Prima donna: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. prima donna: Rhymezone
  17. Prima donna: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. Prima Donna: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  19. prima donna: FreeDictionary.org
  20. prima donna: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. prima-donna, prima donna: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. prima-donna, prima donna: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. prima donna: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Prima Donna: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See prima_donnas as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (prima donna)

noun:  (opera) The principal female singer or the leading lady.
noun:  (derogatory) A person who considers themself much more important than others, has high expectations of others and becomes angry when their standards or demands are not met.

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