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Swan Queen

Swan Queen proper noun: the ship of characters Emma Swan and Regina Mills from the television series Once Upon a Time.

Proper noun

Swan Queen

  1. (slang) The ship of characters Emma Swan and Regina Mills from the television series Once Upon a Time.
    • Swan Queen fans argue that the show runners of OUAT use subtextual codes within canonical storylines in an effort to queerbait the show’s queer audience members.2017, Shannon A. Suddeth, "(Dis)Enchanted: (Re)constructing Love and Creating Community in the Once Upon a Time Queer Fandom", thesis submitted to the University of South Florida, page iii
    • […] for OUaT, the “Swan Queen” ship, pairing protagonist Emma Swan and evil queen Regina Mills, is one of the most dominant on Tumblr.2018, Pauline Greenhill, “Cinematic”, in Pauline Greenhill, Jill Terry Rudy, Naomi Hamer, Lauren Bosc, editors, The Routledge Companion to Media and Fairy-Tale Cultures, unnumbered page

Origin of Swan Queen

Swan + Queen, a combination of Emma Swan's surname and Regina Mills' title as the Evil Queen, likely chosen to reference the character in the ballet Swan Lake.

Questions about Swan Queen

What does Swan Queen mean?
Swan Queen means the ship of characters Emma Swan and Regina Mills from the television series Once Upon a Time.
What part of speech is Swan Queen?
Swan Queen is a proper noun.

Words near Swan Queen in the dictionary

  1. swan neck deformities
  2. swan neck deformity
  3. swan necks
  4. Swan Point
  5. Swan Quarter
  6. Swan Queen
  7. Swan Reach
  8. Swan River
  9. Swan River daisy
  10. swan shot
  11. swan song

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