Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

queen anne

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables: queen anne
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Queen Anne of Great Britain (reigned 1702–1714).

name

The style of architecture, furniture, etc. popular during the reign of Queen Anne.

name

A small town in Maryland, United States.

Example Sentences

"We inherited our Queen Anne chairs from my wife's family."
"That mood of reverie appeared to dispense with physical unrests in Rita's strong body, relaxed in her Queen Anne armchair, but possibly those were a little used up in the day's activities, which were strenuous in this period of building up her stock, both as a necessity to her business and as evidence to refute an accusation of dealing only in Mrs Dibble's assets."

Etymology

After Queen Anne of Great Britain (reigned 1702–1714).

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Phrases

Queen Anne's Bounty Queen Anne's lace

Questions

What does queen anne mean?: Queen Anne of Great Britain (reigned 1702–1714).
Where does queen anne come from?: After Queen Anne of Great Britain (reigned 1702–1714).

How to pronounce queen anne

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