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queendom

American

[kween-duhm] / ˈkwin dəm /

noun

the position or status of a queen.
the realm of a queen.

queendom British

/ ˈkwiːndəm /

noun

a territory, state, people, or community ruled over by a queen

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Etymology

Origin of queendom

First recorded in 1600–10; queen + -dom

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queendom

A matriarchal queendom was established in eastern Anatolia to exert military and social pressure on the Caucasus and Safavid Iran.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

There was a lot of discussion about what credentials one needs to be considered a “high priestess,” and some confusion when Budapest referenced the animal queendom, instead of kingdom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2021

Long before the Gaines family stole the nation's hearts, Garten's lifestyle brand was its own queendom.

From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2021

Since 2016, when he released “blisters,” his first EP as serpentwithfeet, Wise has been carving out a particular kind of queendom in the R. & B. world.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 22, 2018

I felt like the Red Cross springing to action to save the bee queendom.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

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