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queen regnant

American  

noun

  1. a queen who reigns in her own right.


queen regnant British  

noun

  1. a queen who reigns on her own behalf

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of queen regnant

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

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It was a little court, and Lady Mabel played the queen regnant there.

From The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters by Bowen, Sue Petigru

In the case of a queen regnant these posts are occupied by ladies, called Ladies of the Bed-chamber.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various

The following persons are privileged from arrest, viz., 1st, members of the royal family and the ordinary servants of the king or queen regnant, chaplains, lords of the bedchamber, &c.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

Mary, our first queen regnant, was crowned at Westminster, Oct.

From Coronation Anecdotes by Gossip, Giles

It was once supposed, as a solution of this problem, that Sammuramat had governed alone for some time, as queen regnant, after the death of her husband.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by Rudd, John

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