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quean |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quean \Quean\, n. [Originally, a woman, AS cwene; akin to OS quena, OHG. quena, Icel. kona, Goth qin?, and AS cw['e]n, also to Gr ? woman, wife, Skr. gn[=a] goddess. Cf {Queen}.] 1. A woman; a young or unmarried woman; a girl. [Obs. or Scot.] --Chaucer. 2. A low woman; a wench; a slut. ``The dread of every scolding quean.'' --Gay.
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