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queenship|ˈkwiːnʃɪp|
[f. queen n. + -ship.]
1. The dignity or office of a queen.
1536Anne Boleyn in Ld. Herbert Hen. VIII (1683) 447 Neither did I..forget my self in my exaltation, or received Queenship. 1648Herrick Hesper., to Julia (1869) 28 For thy queen-ship on thy head is set Of flowers a sweet commingled coronet. 1848Faber Spir. Confer. (1861) 146 What name can we give to a queenship so grand? 1876J. Ellis Cæsar in Egypt 83 Hast thou not saved my State..And given me Queenship?
2. The personality of a queen; (her) majesty.
1603Drayton Heroical Ep. xiii. 107 Y faith her Queeneship little Rest should take. 1694Motteux Rabelais v. xxii. (1737) 101 We..thank'd her Queenship. 1767Woman of Fashion I. 91 It was my Ladyship, I presume, that put her in mind of Cleopatra, no Disparagement to her Queenship. |