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quean Q0022800 (kwēn)n.1. A woman regarded as being disreputable, especially a prostitute.2. Scots A young woman.
[Middle English quene, from Old English cwene, woman; see gwen- in Indo-European roots.]quean (kwiːn) n1. archaic a. a boisterous, impudent, or disreputable womanb. a prostitute; whore2. Scot a young unmarried woman or girl[Old English cwene; related to Old Saxon, Old High German quena, Gothic qino, Old Norse kona, Greek gunē woman. Compare queen]quean
(kwēn),
n. 1. an impudent woman; hussy. 2. prostitute. 3. Scot. a girl or young woman. [before 1000; Middle English quene, Old English cwene, c. Middle Dutch quene, kone, Old High German quena, Old Norse kona, Gothic qino < Germanic *kwenōn-, < c. Old Irish ben, Greek gynḗ, Skt jáni < Indo-European *gwen-Ha; akin to queen]
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QUEAN. A worthless woman a strumpet. The meaning of this word, which is now seldom used, is said not to be well ascertained. 2 Roll. Ab. 296 Bac. Ab. Stander, U 3. |