Queen
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English
Noun
Queen (plural Queens)
- Alternative letter-case form of queen (“consort or widow of a king”).
- Alternative letter-case form of queen (“female monarch”).
- A title used before the personal name of a queen.
- Queen Elizabeth II
- 2007, Clarissa Campbell Orr, “The Feminization of the Monarchy, 1780–1910: Royal Masculinity and Female Empowerment”, in Andrzej Olechnowicz, editor, The Monarchy and the British Nation, 1780 to the Present, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 94:
- The reminiscences of Princess Mary Louise, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, vividly evoke this continuity of royal women “performing” masculinity, by a page of illustration showing Queens Victoria and Elizabeth II, mounted on horseback in almost identical uniform, reviewing troops.
- (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter Q.
- Synonym: Quebec
Proper noun
Queen
- Alternative letter-case form of queen (“Virgin Mary”).
- In Commonwealth realms, the personification of the Crown, particularly in legal matters.
- Her Majesty the Queen v. John Smith, style of cause of a criminal case.
- Synonym: Regina
- A surname transferred from the nickname, originating as a nickname.
- An unincorporated community in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States, named after the Queen Ranch.
- An unincorporated community in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Noun
Queen f (genitive Queen, plural Queens)
- The Queen of England (and various political superstructures which contain England) or Scotland
- Synonym: Königin
- 1998, Ralph Giordano, Wir sind die Stärkeren: Reden, Aufrufe, Schriften zu deutschen Themen und Menschen unserer Zeit, Rasch Und Rohring:
- ... einem Film über die schottische Queen, die schöne und unglückliche Maria Stuart. Ich glaube, er hieß » Das Herz der Königin «, und die wurde dargestellt von Zarah Leander.
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- 2011, Thomas Kielinger, Elizabeth II.: das Leben der Queen, C.H.Beck, →ISBN, page 22:
- Mit seiner Thronbesteigung wurde ein neuer Stern geboren, die schottische Queen, « Her Majesty », wie sie jetzt angeredet wurde. Sie war die Lebhafte, er der Schüchterne, sie der Impresario der königlichen Show, er schwebte darüber ...
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- 2014, Wulfing von Rohr, Die Zahlen deines Lebens: Was die persönliche Numerologie über deinen Lebensweg und deine Bestimmung verrät, Heyne Verlag, →ISBN, page 6:
- Die unglückliche schottische Queen Mary Stuart kommt in den Sinn, deren Streben nach dem Aufbau einer neuen Dynastie von einer Elisabeth durchkreuzt wurde, deren Name eine 9 ergibt, 3 mal die 3.
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- (colloquial) woman who, in a certain environment, enjoys special attention
- (homosexual slang) queen; effeminate homosexual man
- Synonym: Tunte
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