noun
a female sovereign ruler
• Syn: ↑queen, ↑female monarch
• Ant: ↑male monarch (for: ↑female monarch), ↑king (for: ↑queen)
• Hypernyms: ↑female aristocrat
• Hyponyms: ↑Queen of England
• Instance Hyponyms:
↑Cleopatra, ↑Isabella, ↑Queen Isabella, ↑Isabella I, ↑Isabella the Catholic, ↑Liliuokalani, ↑Lydia Kamekeha Paki Liliuokalani, ↑Mary Queen of Scots, ↑Mary Stuart
• Member Holonyms: ↑royalty, ↑royal family, ↑royal line, ↑royal house
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noun (plural queens regnant) : a queen reigning in her own right
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a queen who reigns in her own right.
Also, queen regent.
[1840-50]
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queen regnant,
a queen ruling in her own right.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.