1. A female operatic star; SYN. diva. Strictly, the singer of the principal female role in an opera.
2. A vain and temperamental person. By the 19th century the term had entered nonmusical vocabulary to describe an arrogant and histrionic person, either male or female.
Prva pevačica (opere); umetnica koja igra glavnu uloge (u operi, drami, filma). (ital.)