Word of the Week: Queen

The ScotsmanApril 22, 2006

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queen: noun. 1: The wife or widow of a king; a woman sovereign. 2: Eminence in a given domain: Paris is regarded as the queen of cities. 3: Offensive slang for a homosexual man. (Etymology: from ME quene; from OE cwen.) - American Heritage Dictionary.

THIS week marks the 80th birthday of Mrs Windsor. To mark the occasion, Tony Blair issued a statement saying: "She has been our Queen for 54 years. Through a thousand years of British history, only Queen Victoria, George III, Henry III and - by a few months - Edward III have sat on the throne for a greater period."

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Word of the Week: Queen

Forgive my pedantry, but Britain has only existed since 1707, which is not a thousand years. At ...

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