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republican queen

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables
re-pub-li-can queen
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Former name of First Lady (of the United States of America); FLOTUS.

American usage; Obsolete

Etymology

From republican + queen. From the United States being a republic, and queens being the martial consort of the leader of a kingdom (a king), where the US had recently became independent from such an entity (Great Britain, under King George); thus terming the consort of the male president a form of queen.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Republican Queens (plural)

Questions

What does republican queen mean?
Former name of First Lady (of the United States of America); FLOTUS.
Where does republican queen come from?
From republican + queen. From the United States being a republic, and queens being the martial consort of the leader of a kingdom (a king), where the US had recently became independent from such an entity (Great Britain, under King George); thus terming the consort of the male president a form of queen.

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