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Queequegs

Queequegs is the plural of Queequeg.

Meaning of Queequeg

Noun

Queequeg (plural Queequegs)

  1. A person, fictional character, or other foil who literally or symbolically fulfills one or more of the roles Queequeg played in Moby-Dick such as the noble savage, Entwicklungsroman guru or exemplar, or racially-inflected spear carrier role.
    • This type of programme envisaged might do something towards combating the 'Queequeg Syndrome', which is an induced psychiatric illness, due to the patient being treated as abnormal. The cause is similar to that of institutional neurosis, but it affects patients outside hospital and is due to the...1969, John Anthony Whitehead, Morgan David Enoch, “Do We Need Psychiatric Hospitals?”, in Mental Health, volume 28 (Autumn), London: National Association for Mental Health, →ISSN, →OCLC, →PMID, pages...

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Questions about Queequegs

What is Queequegs the plural of?
Queequegs is the plural of Queequeg.

Words near Queequegs in the dictionary

  1. queeped
  2. queeping
  3. queeps
  4. Queequeg
  5. Queequeg syndrome
  6. Queequegs
  7. queequehatch
  8. queequehatches
  9. queer
  10. queer anarchism
  11. queer anarchist

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