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queen
verbs
become queen
• Mary Tudor became queen in 1553.
crown somebody queen
(= officially make someone queen )
• The next day she was crowned Queen of England.
a queen rules/reigns
(= is in charge of a country )
• Queen Victoria reigned for over 60 years.
a queen abdicates
(= gives up the position of being queen )
• The Queen is unlikely to abdicate.
phrases
the reign of Queen Elizabeth/Victoria etc
(= when Elizabeth etc was queen )
• She was born in the reign of Queen Victoria.
Her Majesty the Queen
(= used when talking about a queen )
• Her Majesty the Queen will be visiting Australia in July.
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noun female ruler/wife of a king ADJ. rightful | crowned | future VERB + QUEEN become | crown (sb), make sb, proclaim sb She was crowned queen at the age of fifteen. | depose, put aside QUEEN + VERB reign, rule, rule (over) sb/sth | abdicate the queen's decision to abdicate PREP. under a/the ~ England under Queen Elizabeth I | ~ of the Queen of France PHRASES queen consort (= the wife of a king) playing cardCARD
Oxford Collocations Dictionary