单词 | queen consort |
释义 | > as lemmasQueen Consort Queen Consort n. [compare post-classical Latin regina consors (1280 in a British source)] the wife of a king; = sense 2; cf. Prince Consort at prince n. 7. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [noun] > royal person(s) > queen > of a king queeneOE Queen Consort1665 1665 W. Killigrew Three Playes (title page) Three playes written by Sir William Killigrew, Vice-Chamberlain to Her Majesty the Queen Consort. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. i. iv. 212 The queen of England is either queen regent, queen consort, or queen dowager. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 299 Since Margaret of Anjou, no queen-consort had exercised such weight in the political affairs of England. 1917 Mod. Lang. Notes 32 339 It was..made..a part of the dower rights of the queen consort. 2005 Daily Tel. 11 Feb. 4/5 Historically, the wife of the King automatically becomes Queen, although the formal title is Queen Consort. < as lemmas |
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