queendomn.
/ˈkwiːnd(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈkwind(ə)m/ 1. A country, state, or territory ruled by a queen. Now frequently in extended use.In quot. 2004 with punning reference to queen n. 13.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of queen
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1603 T. Winter tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Second Day of First Weeke 24 It seemes Proserpina hath some intent, To set at large her furious daughters three, And leaue her queenedome of blacke Tartarie.
1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. ii. 9 The Queendome [L. Amazonorum regna] was governed by two of the foure Sisters.
?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. viii. 75 It has been fatal and ruinous to these Queendoms already.
1759 J. Barrow New Geogr. Dict. I. at Amazons Of this Amazonian kingdom, or more properly queendom..we find so many testimonies..that it would be rash to discredit these in the lump.
1834 Fraser's Mag. 9 248 Ours is a literary kingdom, or rather, queendom.
1873 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera (1896) II. xxxiii. 217 She should as seldom leave it [sc. her home] as a queen her queendom.
1921 Sat. Westm. Gaz. 17 Sept. 6/2 The queen wasp..goes questing a hole or crevice in which to establish her queendom.
1970 A. K. Armah Fragments v. 160 Say it Softly, softly say it. The maiden Ekua, royal, exquisite, Searched her mother's queendom for a mate And found none worthy.
1981 J. Scott Distant View of Death viii. 103 The weekly pay packet would maintain her in her neat little queendom, three bedrooms, fitted kitchen.
2004 Time Out N.Y. 7 Oct. 127/1 Over the year, his queendom shrunk to San Francisco, where he continued to be revered by the gay community.
2. The position or rank of a queen; the state or condition of being a queen. Also figurative.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > queen > [noun] > position of queen
queenship1536
queendom1657
queenliness1831
queenhood1859
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [noun] > royal person(s) > queen > rank of queen
queenship1536
queendom1657
queenliness1831
queenhood1859
1657 J. Trapp Comm. Esther ii. 12 Whereby they might get the Kings favour and attaine to the Queendome.
1844 E. B. Barrett Dead Pan in Poems II. 266 Will thy queendom all lie hid Meekly under either lid?
c1861 D. M. Mulock Eliz. & Vict. (1870) 121 Womanhood is higher than queendom.
1877 G. MacDonald Marquis of Lossie xl [The moon] shone out fair and clear, in conscious queendom of the night.
1909 Daily Chron. 8 June 4/7 By reason of her prestige.., her world-wide renown she proclaims right royally her queendom.
1977 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 27 Jan. 53/4 She has passed all the way from princessdom to queendom.
1995 H. Schwall in P. Liebregts & P. van de Kamp Tumult of Images vi. 100 Decima finds her way into queendom by the form, which cannot be isolated from her function.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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