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This week's theme Words related to royalty. This week's words magna carta royal we morganatic king's ransom queen regnant Today's word in Visual Thesaurus Next week's theme Words about words and language Missed a word? Check the archives chronological alphabetical thematic Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg queen regnant PRONUNCIATION: (kween REG-nuhnt) MEANING: noun: A queen reigning in her own right, as opposed to one having a royal title by marriage. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin regnare (reign). Ultimately from the Indo-European root reg- (to move in a straight line, to lead or rule) that is also the source of regime, direct, rectangle, erect, rectum, alert, source, and surge. The wife of a ruling king is known as a queen consort. The husband of a queen regnant would be a king consort, though usually he is called a prince. A queen ruling during the youth, disability, or absence of a monarch is known as a queen regent. USAGE: "It's up to a queen regnant what title her husband will have, Cooper added." Q&A; The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution; Apr 4, 2002. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. -Stephen King, novelist (b. 1947)

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