Virgin Queen
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The famously redheaded first Queen Elizabeth of England was imprisoned at the Tower as a princess, and Megan has had lots of people suggesting she could dress up as the Virgin Queen and "scare tourists".
From BBC • Oct. 26, 2021
Nicknamed "The Virgin Queen," Elizabeth rejected every marriage proposal that came her way.
From Salon • Jul. 24, 2021
Just as the Virgin Queen married herself to her country, steeling herself to be more gender neutral, more rigid in her costumes, so did Daenerys.
From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2019
But Elizabeth, the so-called Virgin Queen who led England through its golden age, might be her most dramatic transformation yet.
From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2018
There is, however, no positive evidence one way or the other, to show what the attitude of the Virgin Queen towards tobacco really was.
From The Social History of Smoking by Apperson, George Latimer
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