单词 | queenlet |
释义 | queenletn. A minor queen; a queen ruling over a small territory; a little queen. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > queen > [noun] > petty queen queenlet1833 1833 T. Carlyle Diderot in Foreign Q. Rev. 11 289 The whole North swarms with kinglets and queenlets of the like temper. 1899 Month Apr. 429 I thought this queenlet lived among the forest folk. 1911 ‘M. Field’ Dian i. i, in Trag. Pardon 178 Come to our poet! Queenlet Marie, come! 1944 Winnipeg Free Press 14 Oct. 20/1 Great Britain wanted the little kingdoms of Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, etc.—with their silly kinglets and queenlets..to be a bulwark between her and the growing power of Germany. 1995 Philadelphia Daily News (Nexis) 16 May 36 A cheapo slasher flick has surfaced starring..the talk-show queenlet before she started dieting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1833 |
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