queen regnant

Noun
  1. A female sovereign ruler (synset 110518940)
    is a type of: female aristocrat - a woman who is an aristocrat
    subtypes: queen of england - the sovereign ruler of England
    specific instances:
    • cleopatra - beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)
    • isabella, isabella i, isabella the catholic, queen isabella - the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504)
    • liliuokalani, lydia kamekeha paki liliuokalani - queen of the Hawaiian islands (1838-1917)
    • mary queen of scots, mary stuart - queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567; as a Catholic she was forced to abdicate in favor of her son and fled to England where she was imprisoned by Elizabeth I; when Catholic supporters plotted to put her on the English throne she was tried and executed for sedition (1542-1587)
    belongs to: royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty - royal persons collectively
    same as: female monarch, queen

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