English Dictionary

QUEEN REGNANT

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does queen regnant mean? 

QUEEN REGNANT (noun)
  The noun QUEEN REGNANT has 1 sense:

1. a female sovereign rulerplay

  Familiarity information: QUEEN REGNANT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


QUEEN REGNANT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A female sovereign ruler

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

female monarch; queen; queen regnant

Hypernyms ("queen regnant" is a kind of...):

female aristocrat (a woman who is an aristocrat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "queen regnant"):

Queen of England (the sovereign ruler of England)

Instance hyponyms:

Cleopatra (beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC))

Isabella; Isabella I; Isabella the Catholic; Queen Isabella (the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504))

Liliuokalani; Lydia Kamekeha Paki Liliuokalani (queen of the Hawaiian islands (1838-1917))

Mary Queen of Scots; Mary Stuart (queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567; as a Catholic she was forced to abdicate in favor of her son and fled to England where she was imprisoned by Elizabeth I; when Catholic supporters plotted to put her on the English throne she was tried and executed for sedition (1542-1587))

Holonyms ("queen regnant" is a member of...):

royal family; royal house; royal line; royalty (royal persons collectively)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"It's an ill wind that blows no good." (English proverb)

"Pity without help does little good" (Breton proverb)

"Inscribe science in writing." (Arabic proverb)

"The pen is mightier than the sword." (Dutch proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact