单词 | queenhood |
释义 | queenhoodn. The rank or office of queen (in various senses); the state or fact of being a queen; queenly bearing or character. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > queen > [noun] > position of queen queenship1536 queendom1657 queenliness1831 queenhood1859 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [noun] > royal person(s) > queen > rank of queen queenship1536 queendom1657 queenliness1831 queenhood1859 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 10 She,..with all grace Of womanhood and queenhood, answer'd him. 1885 E. Lynn Linton in Fortn. Rev. Nov. 629 Her queenhood was not real. 1894 J. Ralph in Harper's Mag. Aug. 338 Thousands of tiny flowers, over which the wood-violet, the strawberry, and the arbutus struggle for queenhood. 1937 News (Frederick, Maryland) 25 Feb. 4/7 Her flaming hair and personality catapulted her to Hollywood queenhood. 1982 Washington Post (Nexis) 4 May c1 At the Capital Children's Museum, there was some doubt of her queenhood. ‘No crown,’ said one kid. 2003 S. D. Kolsky Geneal. of Women i. 30 The biographies of Semiramis (II) and of Queen Giovanna (CVI), two conflicting versions of queenhood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1859 |
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