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 Queen Quintessence.Queen-Square Hermit. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Queen Regnant.
 
A queen who holds the crown in her own right, in contradistinction to a Queen Consort, who is queen only because her husband is king.   1
 


 Queen Quintessence.Queen-Square Hermit. 

 
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