| 单词 | queen-regent |
| 释义 | > as lemmasQueen-Regent Queen-Regent n. (a) a queen who acts as a regent, esp. (in continental Europe) the mother of the king or queen acting as regent during his or her minority; †(b) = Queen Regnant n. (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > regent > [noun] > queen regent madam regentc1475 Queen-Regenta1572 a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 293 To bring this head to pass..the quein regent left no point of the compas unsailled. 1618 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. 129 The Queen Regent had erected the Country of Poictou to a Conty, and made Earle there of Alphonso her Sonne. 1671 T. Shadwell Humorists iii. 38 Ah, my Queen Regent, I salute the hem of your Garment. 1761 Acct. Ceremonies Coronation George III & Queen Charlotte 10/1 That Princess [sc. Mary II] being Queen Regent as well as Queen Consort. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. i. iv. 212 The queen of England is either queen regent, queen consort, or queen dowager. 1835 H. W. Herbert Brothers II. xxiii. 225 The youthful monarch—or, to speak more properly, the queen-regent, and her powerful minister, triumphant in his brief success—was holding his first court since their return from St. Germains. 1927 H. Peake & H. J. Fleure Priests & Kings 52 Azag-Bau is said to have acted as queen-regent during the twenty-five years that Gimil-Sin ruled in Kish. 1998 Coin News June 51/1 Under the ultra-pious Queen-Regent there had been an enormous increase in the number of religious orders. < as lemmas |
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