queen regent

noun

queen regent

First recorded in 1755–65

It is not that the Government of the Queen-Regent, which becomes more and more decrepit, is likely to be a very good neighbour.

It appears with all the tawdry emotion of revolutionary eloquence in the address of the Procuradores to the Queen-Regent.

The Queen Regent laid this up amongst her other mementoes, until she might see the time proper to revenge it.

At first the Queen-Regent promised everything, but presently, upon the remonstrance of the exiled Mazarin, went back on her word.

This he is publishing, and as soon as it is quite ready he will set out for Spain to lay the matter before the Queen Regent.

April 20, 2024flabbergast

[flab-er-gast ]

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