Definitions for queen regnant

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

queen′ reg′nant(n.)

  1. a queen who reigns in her own right.

    Category: Government

Origin of queen regnant:

1840–50

Princeton's WordNet

  1. queen, queen regnant, female monarch(noun)

    a female sovereign ruler

Wiktionary

  1. queen regnant(Noun)

    a female monarch who reigns in her own right, in contrast to a queen consort, who is the wife of a reigning king.


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