QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

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QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.) , the

title

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

of the

consort

CONSORT (Lat. consors, a
companion
- COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)
)

or wife of a

king

queen

consort

CONSORT (Lat. consors, a
companion
- COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)
)

" ), or of a woman who is herself the sovereign ruler of a state ("

queen

regnant" ); the widow of a former reigning sovereign is a " queen

dowager

DOWAGER (from the Old Fr. douagiere, mod. douairiere)

," and, when the

mother

MOTHER

of the reigning sovereign, a " queen

mother

MOTHER

."
For the position of the queen in

English

ENGLISH

constitutional law see CONSORT, and for her

household

HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

see

HOUSEHOLD

HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

, ROYAL.

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