Virgin Queen

American  

noun

1. Queen Elizabeth I of England.

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Virgin Queen British  

noun

1. another name for Queen Elizabeth I of England See Elizabeth I

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Example Sentences

Then the good “lady” opens her mouth to offer her thoughts on the late “virgin” queen with whom she shares a name.

From Salon

The males leave the hive only for the mating flights, in which the drones try to mate with a virgin queen.

From Science Daily

The six-part series saw her play the Virgin Queen from princess to ailing old woman.

From BBC

Portraits by mostly foreign artists, Hans Holbein first among them, chart England’s most mythologized dynasty from Henry VII, who won the crown at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, to Elizabeth I, whom we see transform from a marriageable young monarch to a white-faced virgin queen.

From New York Times

As for the first Queen Elizabeth, portraits across her 44-year reign map her development from a young woman with an uncertain claim to power to a European leader at the head of a Virgin Queen personality cult.

From New York Times