kween

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English

Etymology

From queen.

Noun

kween (plural kweens or kweenz)

  1. (LGBTQ slang) A queen.
    • 2019 June 17, Chloe Metzger, “Zendaya Dyed Her Hair Red and Fans Are Freaking Out”, in Cosmopolitan:
      Zendaya, Our Kween Who Art in Heaven, just dyed her hair red while on a press tour for Spider-Man: Far From Home, and it’s quite literally breaking the internet right now (so, like, get your Instagram stalking done fast, because the internet might not be here in the morning).
    • 2019 June 1, Jennifer Hyland, “Kim Kardashian revealed as British ROYALTY as her family tree is traced”, in Mirror:
      Kim Kardashian is British royalty - all hail the Kween!
    • 2019 June, Lizzy Rosenberg, “Kim Kardashian Is Trying to Become a Lawyer — Without Going to Law School”, in Distractify:
      Let's face it: the Los Angeles beauty kween is undeniably talented, and recently, Kim expressed interest in studying for the bar exam to become a lawyer.
  2. (humorous) Pronunciation spelling of queen.

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Dutch

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch quene (wife, woman), from Old Dutch kwena, from Proto-West Germanic *kwenā, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ (woman), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (woman). Cognate with English quean, archaic German Queene (heifer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʋeːn/
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  • Hyphenation: kween
  • Rhymes: -eːn

Noun

kween f (plural kwenen, diminutive kweentje n)

  1. barren hermaphrodite cow, mostly female with male traits; (by extension) any infertile hermaphrodite female animal held as livestock
  2. (dated) woman past child-bearing age; old woman, crone

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