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Her Maj

Her Maj

9.6
A short respectful name for the queen of the United Kingdom
  • proper noun
  • UK
translation icon : Su Majestad
  • The press was excited for Her Maj's annual Christmas speech.

Examples

  • Everyone stood respectfully as Her Maj entered the hall.

  • Everyone loves Her Maj for her charitable work.

  • Some people collect memorabilia featuring Her Maj's portrait.

  • Did you see Her Maj at the ceremony?

  • The royal family announced that Her Maj will attend the charity gala next week.

  • During the ceremony, all eyes were on Her Maj as she delivered her speech.

  • The parade in honor of Her Maj drew thousands of enthusiastic spectators.

Synonyms

queen
vsHer Maj
549 1.0

A woman who rules a country or is the king's wife

refers especially to a reigning woman by an informal abbreviated title
majesty
vsHer Maj
  • Formal
430 3.9

A title used to address a king or queen

is an informal abbreviated form used to refer to the reigning UK sovereign
female monarch
vsHer Maj
1 5.4

A woman who rules a country, for example a queen

refers to that ruler using an informal shortened title

Surface Forms

Her Maj main

Morphology

her + Maj

The determiner 'her' is transparent, but 'Maj' is an unconventional abbreviation (not a dictionary word) and many B1 learners will not recognise it as short for 'Majesty'. Understanding the phrase therefore depends on knowing the abbreviation and some cultural knowledge of royal titles, so the meaning is partially but not fully derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Her Maj comes from a short form of the full title 'Her Majesty': people cut 'Majesty' to Maj and kept Her in speech and headlines to save space and sound more casual. So, because people used it to talk about the queen quickly, Her Maj now means 'the queen' in informal speech.