queen regnant

/kwin ˌrɛgnənt/

Definitions of queen regnant

1. noun

   a female sovereign ruler
   synonyms: female monarch, queen

   examples:

   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 the Catholic

   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)

   Lydia Kamekeha Paki Liliuokalani

   queen of the Hawaiian islands (1838-1917)

   Mary Queen of Scots

   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)

   types:

   Queen of England

   the sovereign ruler of England

   type of:

   female aristocrat

   a woman who is an aristocrat