Definition of Queenlet

1. a petty queen [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Queenlet

queened
queenes
queenfish
queenfishes
queenhood
queenier
queenies
queeniest
queening
queenings
queenish
queenite
queenites
queenless
queenlet (current term)
queenlets
queenlier
queenliest
queenlike
queenlily
queenliness
queenlinesses
queenly
queens consort
queens of spades
queenship
queenships
queenside
queensides

Literary usage of Queenlet

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

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1896)
"... "Our little queenlet of Scotland has but to smile to turn all these French heads." It was an evil hour for Mary, though she may not have suspected it, ..."

2. The Century of the Renaissance: Crowned by the Académie Des Sciences Morales by Louis Batiffol, John Edward Courtenay Bodley (1916)
"She was the joy of the Court, " that little Scottish queenlet, who had only to smile to turn every Frenchman's head," wrote Catherine de' Medici. ..."

3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1896)
"Madame Catherine of Medicis wrote drily about this time : " Our little queenlet of Scotland has but to smile to turn all these French heads. ..."

4. The Shans by Wilbur Willis Cochrane (1915)
"Peace envoys sent to Nan-chao were successful in their mission; they promised, in the bargain, to give a queenlet which was a great inducement. ..."

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