queen it



queen it

Act like a queen, domineer, as in She queened it over the family, treating her siblings like servants. This female counterpart of lord it over was used by Shakespeare in The Winter's Tale (4:4). [c. 1600]
See also: queen

queen it

To act like a queen; domineer: queens it over the whole family.
See also: queen

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Jehoshaphatji-HAHSH-ə-fat (English), jee-HAHSH-ə-fat (English)Biblical
Lois (2)LOISGalician
Uilleag-Irish
Sava-Serbian, Bulgarian
WillowWIL-oEnglish (Modern)
HeikoHIE-ko (Low German, Dutch)Low German, Frisian, Dutch