Queen Anne

English

Etymology

After Queen Anne of Great Britain (reigned 1702–1714).

Proper noun

Queen Anne

  1. Queen Anne of Great Britain (reigned 1702–1714).
  2. (often attributive) The style of architecture, furniture, etc. popular during the reign of Queen Anne.
    We inherited our Queen Anne chairs from my wife's family.
    • 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 154:
      That mood of reverie appeared to dispense with physical unrests in Rita's strong body, relaxed in her Queen Anne armchair, but possibly those were a little used up in the day's activities, which were strenuous in this period of building up her stock, both as a necessity to her business and as evidence to refute an accusation of dealing only in Mrs Dibble's assets.
  3. A small town in Maryland, United States.

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