queen
/kwiːn/
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Translation
A woman who rules a country, or the wife of a king.
Word origin
From Old English cwen, meaning a woman or a wife of a king.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- cwen
Grammar
Gender
Pluralqueens
Examples
waved .
"Queen" means the woman who rules the country.
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"Queens" is the plural, meaning more than one queen.
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Here "queen" means the woman who leads the country.
A "queen" is a woman who rules a country, or the wife of a king. Like a king, a queen is one of the highest leaders of her country.
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