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Definition of Queen regnant
1. Noun. A female sovereign ruler.
Group relationships: Royal Family, Royal House, Royal Line, Royalty
Generic synonyms: Female Aristocrat
Specialized synonyms: Queen Of England
Specialized synonyms: Cleopatra, Isabella, Isabella I, Isabella The Catholic, Queen Isabella, Liliuokalani, Lydia Kamekeha Paki Liliuokalani, Mary Queen Of Scots, Mary Stuart
Antonyms: Male Monarch, King
Derivative terms: Queenly
Definition of Queen regnant
1. Noun. a female monarch who reigns in her own right, in contrast to a queen consort, who is the wife of a reigning king. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Queen Regnant
Literary usage of Queen regnant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With Anecdotes of by Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland (1847)
"THE events of the life of the queen-regnant, Mary II., would have been utterly
inexplicable, if the contemporary portion of those of her younger sister had ..."
2. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest by Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland (1872)
"ELIZABETH, SECOND QUEEN-REGNANT OF ENGLAND AND ... second queen-regnant of England.
The romantic circumstances of her birth, the vicissitudes of her ..."
3. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"So, the queen regnant. HPC 12. 8 Inst. 7. (q) But a king in title only, ...
r) The husband of queen regnant may be guilty of high treason against his wife. ..."
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