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Meaning of unqueen | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. To divest of the rank or authority of queen.
    transitive
  2. to remove the queen bee

Examples

“When I am dead, good Wench, / Let⟳ me be vs’d with Honor; ſtrew me ouer / With Maiden Flowers, that all the world may know⟳ / I was a chaſte Wife, to my Graue: Embalme me, / Then lay⟳ me forth (although vnqueen’d) yet like⟳ / A Queene, and Daughter to a King enterre me.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

unqueened unqueening unqueens unquench unquenches unquenching

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