kween

English

Etymology

From queen.

Noun

kween (plural kweens)

  1. (LGBT slang) queen.
    • 2019 June 17, Chloe Metzger, “Zendaya Dyed Her Hair Red and Fans Are Freaking Out”, in Cosmopolitan:
    • 2019 June 1, Jennifer Hyland, “Kim Kardashian revealed as British ROYALTY as her family tree is traced”, in Mirror:
    • 2019 June 1, Lizzy Rosenberg, “Kim Kardashian Is Trying to Become a Lawyer — Without Going to Law School”, in Distractify:

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Dutch

Alternative forms

  • kwee

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʋeːn/
  • (file)
  • 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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