homecoming queen
North American
noun
A woman, especially a female student, chosen or (more usually) elected to have honoured status at a homecoming.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Waterloo (Iowa) Courier.
- dielectrically
- dielectric constant
- dielectric heating
- dielectrophoresis
- die like flies
- die link
- Diels–Alder
- Diels–Alder reaction
- Dien Bien Phu
- diencephalic
- diencephalon
- diene
- die-off
- die on one's feet
- die on the Order Paper
- die on the vine
- die (or drop) like flies
- Dieppe
- dieresis
- diesel
- diesel-electric
- diesel engine
- diesel-hydraulic
- dieselise
- dieselize