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Queen Anne

Queen Anne proper noun: queen Anne of Great Britain (reigned 1702–1714).

queen anne: queen Anne of Great Britain (reigned 1702–1714)
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Proper noun

Queen Anne

  1. Queen Anne of Great Britain (reigned 1702–1714).
  2. (attributive, often) The style of architecture, furniture, etc. popular during the reign of Queen Anne.
    • 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...1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 154
  3. A small town in Maryland, United States.

Origin of Queen Anne

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

Words formed from Queen Anne

Questions about Queen Anne

What does Queen Anne mean?
Queen Anne means queen Anne of Great Britain (reigned 1702–1714).
What part of speech is Queen Anne?
Queen Anne is a proper noun.

Words near Queen Anne in the dictionary

  1. queeks
  2. queen
  3. Queen Adelaide
  4. queen angelfish
  5. queen angelfishes
  6. Queen Anne
  7. Queen Anne is dead
  8. Queen Anne's Bounty
  9. Queen Anne's County
  10. Queen Anne's dead
  11. Queen Anne's lace

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