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Definition of Queen regent
1. Noun. A queen who serves as ruler when the king cannot.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Queen Regent
Literary usage of Queen regent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"1558-9 he was indicted for heresy before the queen regent and her council, and
for failing to appear and continuing to preach at Ayr he was outlawed on 10 ..."
2. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"The queen of England is either queen regent, queen consort, or queen dowager.
The queen regent, regnant, or sovereign, is she who holds the crown in her own ..."
3. Scotland by Walter Scott, Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1899)
"... of the Protestants to a Citation of the Queen-Regent—Death of five Commissioners
sent to France—The Queen-Regent resolves to subdue the Protestants, ..."
4. Scotland by Walter Scott, Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1901)
"... of the Protestants to a Citation of the Queen-Regent—Death of five Commissioners
sent to France—The Queen-Regent resolves to subdue the Protestants, ..."
5. The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline & Fall of the by William Russell, Charles Coote (1822)
"The queen- regent could not appear in public without being insulted. She was
continually reproached with sacrificing the nation to her friendship for ..."
6. The History of Modern Europe: with an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1837)
"Anne of Austria, the queen-regent, reposed her whole confidence in cardinal
Mazarine; and this minister had hitherto governed the kingdom with prudence and ..."
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