quean

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quean

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    [ 'kwEn, 'kwAn ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English quene 'young, robust woman', from Old English cwene 'woman; female serf', from Proto-Germanic *kʷenon 'woman' (compare Old High German quena, Old Norse kona, Gothic qens), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn- 'woman'. More at queen.