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Republican Queen

noun

Etymology

From republican + queen. From the United States being a republic, and queens being the martial consort of the leader of a kingdom (a king), where the US had recently became independent from such an entity (Great Britain, under King George); thus terming the consort of the male president a form of queen.

  1. inherited from *gʷḗn✻
  2. inherited from *kwēniz✻
  3. inherited from *kwāni✻
  4. inherited from cwēn
  5. inherited from quene
  6. compounded as republican queen — “republican + queen”

Definitions

  1. Former name of First Lady (of the United States of America)

    Former name of First Lady (of the United States of America); FLOTUS.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA