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Snow Queen

name

Etymology

A literal translation into English from the original Danish Sneedronningen, from snee (“snow”, an older spelling of sne) + dronning (“queen”) + -en (suffixed definite article) from a fairy tale first published in 1845 by Hans Christian Andersen, based on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by a little boy and girl, Kai and Gerda.

  1. derived from Sneedronningen

Definitions

  1. A female fairy tale character with magical power over snow and ice.

    • The fur and the cap, which were made entirely of snow, fell off, and he saw a lady, tall and white, it was the Snow Queen.
    • Daphne wanted to tell her that a Snow Queen can know nothing of love, only of destruction, but she remained silent, just looked away.
    • Tom announces that he doesn't believe in such a thing as a Snow Queen.

  2. A plant of the Pacific coast of the US that blooms in late winter, of species Veronica…

    A plant of the Pacific coast of the US that blooms in late winter, of species Veronica regina-nivalis (syn. Synthyris reniformis).

  3. A black gay man who prefers to have relations with white men.

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