Definition of Queenite

1. a queen's partisan [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Queenite

queendom
queendoms
queene
queened
queenes
queenfish
queenfishes
queenhood
queenier
queenies
queeniest
queening
queenings
queenish
queenite (current term)
queenites
queenless
queenlet
queenlets
queenlier
queenliest
queenlike
queenlily
queenliness
queenlinesses
queenly
queens consort
queens of spades
queenship

Literary usage of Queenite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1877)
"The " queenite " natives, so called as being loyal subjects of Queen Victoria, in contradistinction to the adherents of the Maori king, are steadily ..."

2. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"... tin? hill leading to the fort ; while on my left hand, and at only a hundred yards, a troop of the queenite lancers were clattering along the road. ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1821)
"... On theme, so taking and bewitching, Each hapless Ami queenite hitching, In biting paragraphs, or bold rhymes, In imitation of the Old Times ; Whilst I, ..."

4. The Fortnightly Review (1877)
"The "queenite" natives, so-called as being loyal subjects of Queen Victoria, in contradistinction to the adherents of the Maori king, are steadily ..."

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