Definition of Quean

1. n. A woman; a young or unmarried woman; a girl.

Definition of Quean

1. Noun. (archaic) A woman; female person, considered without regard to qualities or position: hence generally in a slighting use. ¹

2. Noun. (archaic) An impudent woman; a prostitute. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quean

1. a harlot [n -S] - See also: harlot

Medical Definition of Quean

1. 1. A woman; a young or unmarried woman; a girl. 2. A low woman; a wench; a slut. "The dread of every scolding quean." Origin: Originally, a woman, AS. Cwene; akin to OS. Quena, OHG. Quena, Icel. Kona, Goth qin, and AS. Cwen, also to Gr. Woman, wife, Skr. Gna goddess. Cf. Queen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quean

quaysides
quazepam
quazinone
qubit
qubitope
qubits
qubyte
qubytes
qudit
qudits
queach
queaches
queachier
queachy
queal
queane
queans
queasier
queasiest
queasily
queasiness
queasinesses
queasy
queazen
queazier
queaziest
queazy
quebec
quebec group

Literary usage of Quean

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"Cock-quean, a female cuckold, or a wife whose husband goes with other women. A beggar or cheat (Wright). Queene June, not a little wroth against her ..."

2. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"interfering in female business, я cot- quean, adding, " each of the sexes should keep ... See quean. French law was the same as roturier. See Cotgrave. ..."

3. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"What did ye wi' your wedding ring, ye What did ye wi' the bridal ring — bridal little cutty quean, О ? ..."

4. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"If once the virgin conscience PLAYS THE quean, We seldom after care to keep it ... Rabab, that harlot began to be a professed quean at ten years of age. ..."

5. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"Or to hear her in her spleen Callet like a hmter-quean. Hie catf allein jests from hence are clear eiil'd. Prol. to Wily Beguiled. CALF-STAGES, >. ..."

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