Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

queenship

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables: queen-ship
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The rank, status, position, or dignity of a queen.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: queenliness"
"In the home-circle and among her companions, Charlotte lays aside her queenship and becomes a gentle Lottie."
"Elizabeth's queenship elicited her subjects' fantasies and fears that she was, as Shakespeare's Cleopatra puts it, “no more but e'en a woman,” and that a woman ruling over men would necessarily subject her entire realm to unbridled feminine sexual desire."

Etymology

From queen + -ship.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: queen

Usage

Inflected Forms

queenships (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

kingship kingdom princess-ship princessdom princeship princedom

Synonyms

queendom queenhood queenliness

Questions

What does queenship mean?: The rank, status, position, or dignity of a queen.
Where does queenship come from?: From queen + -ship.

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