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The Devil's Dictionary: Queen
by Ambrose Bierce QUILLQUEEN -n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not.Brewer's: Faërie Queene
A metrical romance in six books, by Edmund Spenser (incomplete). It details the adventures of various knights, who impersonate different virtues, and belong to the court of Gloriana, Queen…Brewer's: Queen Consort
Wife of a reigning king. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Queen DickQueen Anne's Style A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X…Brewer's: Queen Dick
Richard Cromwell is sometimes so called. (See Dick, Greek Calends.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Queen DowagerQueen Consort A B C D E F G H I J…Brewer's: Queen Dowager
The widow of a deceased king. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Queen PassionQueen Dick A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X…Brewer's: Queen of Hearts
Elizabeth, daughter of James I. This unfortunate Queen of Bohemia was so called in the Low Countries, from her amiable character and engaging manners, even in her lowest estate. (1596-1662…Brewer's: Queen of Heaven
with the ancient Phoenicians, was Astarte; Greeks, Hera; Romans, Juno; Trivia, Hecate, Diana, the Egyptian Isis, etc., were all so called; but with the Roman Catholics it is the Virgin…Brewer's: Queen of the May
A village lass chosen to preside over the parish sports on May Day. Tennyson has a poem on the subject. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Queen of the…Brewer's: Queen of the North
Edinburgh. (See the proper name for other queens.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Queen of the Northern SeasQueen of the May A B C D E F G H I J K…Brewer's: Queen Passion
(The Great). Love. The gallant Jew Of mortal hearts the great queen passion knew. PeterPimdar: Portfolio; Dinah. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Queen…Trending
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