QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "q...
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V22,
Page 729
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from See also:root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " See also:kin," &c.)
, the See also:title of the See also:consort or wife of a See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king (" See also:queen consort" ), or of a woman who is herself the See also:sovereign ruler of a See also:state (" queen regnant" ); the widow of a former reigning sovereign is a " queen See also:dowager," and, when the See also:mother of the reigning sovereign, a " queen mother."
For the position of the queen in See also:English constitutional See also:law see CONSORT, and for her See also:household see HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL
.
End of Article: 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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