Skip to main content
queenship

queenship

1 7.0
The position or time when a woman rules a country
  • noun
  • /ˈkwinˌʃɪp/
: reinado
  • Mary believed that her queenship was supported by divine favor as she came to the throne.

Examples

  • "Just you watch, yer Queenship.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Mary believed that she came to the throne with God's favor, that God had supported her, so she sees her queenship as divinely inspired.

  • And I'm sure Your Queenship must be.

  • The PM and the Government serve at the pleasure of their local queenship node and during the confidence of a majority in the lower house of Parliament.

    Blog text (31)
  • If this fails, however, the Leader of the Opposition is called by the local queenship node to try to form a government first, if it thinks it is possible.

    Blog text (31)
  • In his analysis of Anglo-Saxon queenship and marriage strategies, Shippey discusses a clear example of such a cultural milieu, suggesting that the political landscape following the death of Edward the Elder in 924 serves as good context for understanding the royal politics in Beowulf.

    Academic text (2016)
  • The title of queenship brought her both power and responsibility in the kingdom.

  • Historians study the queenship of notable rulers to understand their influence on society.

Synonyms

reign
vsqueenship
32 4.1

A time when a king or queen rules a country

emphasizes the personal role, status, and qualities rather than merely the ruling period
queendom
vsqueenship
1 7.7

A place ruled mainly by women

is the personal role, status, and qualities rather than the territory itself

Surface Forms

queenship singular
queenships plural

Morphology

queenship = queen (transparent) = queen + ship

Standard nominal formation: '-ship' marks the state, office, or qualities related to 'queen', so the meaning is directly predictable from 'queen'.

Etymology

The word queenship combines queen, meaning 'female ruler', and the ending -ship, like in friendship or leadership, which means 'state' or 'condition'. So queenship is the state or time of being a queen.