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
- queenships
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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