ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Queenship

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Queenship is a noun meaning The rank, status, position, or dignity of a queen.

Meaning

The rank, status, position, or dignity of a queen.

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: queenliness
In the home-circle and among her companions, Charlotte lays aside her queenship and becomes a gentle Lottie.
Elizabeth's queenship elicited her subjects' fantasies and fears that she was, as Shakespeare's Cleopatra puts it, “no more but e'en a woman,” and that a woman ruling over men would necessarily subject her entire realm to unbridled feminine sexual desire.

Word Forms

Synonyms for queenship

Depending on context, synonyms include queendom, queenhood, queenliness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include queenhood, queenliness, queendom, kingship, royalness, duchesshood.

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