queen regnante

English

Noun

queen regnante (plural queens regnante)

  1. Alternative spelling of queen regnant
    • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 87:
      It has the farther merit of having suggested incidents to Spenser, and perhaps of having given the idea of a queen regnante of Fairy Land.
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