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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

rainha-regente

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʁaˈĩ.jɐ ʁeˈʒẽ.tʃi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Queen-regent/ˌkwiːn ˈriː.dʒənt/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A rainha-regente administrou o império com grande sabedoria."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A queen who rules a kingdom during the minority, absence, or incapacity of the monarch.

    "During her son's childhood, the queen-regent held absolute executive power over the realm."
  2. 2

    A woman exercising the royal power and authority of a regent.

    "History remembers her primarily as a formidable queen-regent who successfully defended the borders against foreign invaders."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English 'quene' (from Old English 'cwēn', meaning woman or wife, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn) combined with the Latin 'regentem', present participle of 'regere' (to rule). The compound emerged in the late medieval period to designate a female sovereign who rules on behalf of a minor, absent, or incapacitated monarch.

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