I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
beauty queen
crown sb (as) king/queen etc
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In 1896 Nicholas was crowned as Tsar.
drag queen
Queen Mother
Queen's Counsel
Queen's English
Queen's evidence
two/queen etc of diamonds
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the ace of diamonds
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
and I'm the Queen of Sheba
by appointment to the Queen
drama queen
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Stop being such a drama queen! It's not the end of the world!
long live the King/Queen! etc
speak the Queen's English
the uncrowned king/queen of sth
turn Queen's evidence
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a new biography of Queen Elizabeth
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Cooper is a former B-movie queen .
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Elizabeth II became Queen of England in 1952.
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the Queen of Sweden
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the queen of the Kalispell County Fair
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the King and Queen of Belgium
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the surfaces were bare apart from a seventeenth-century bronze statue of Theseus abducting Antiope, the queen of the Amazons.
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I fancy you like a queen - a princess rather - in all those flowers.
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Later on we've greener greens and beauty queens.
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Self-confident, individualistic, indomitable and highly respected, they used to be the kings and queens of photography.
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The queen can choose the sex of her progeny.
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The queen was grief-stricken at his death.
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The queen , preoccupied, sent him away, but was prevailed upon to reinvite the captain.
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The Kamiz material was called Rathkirani or queen of the night.
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
and I'm the Queen of Sheba
by appointment to the Queen
drama queen
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Stop being such a drama queen! It's not the end of the world!
speak the Queen's English
the uncrowned king/queen of sth
turn Queen's evidence