1 a queen 20.
2 a gentlewoman, a lady 19. etymology: been ‘fine, good, costly rich, gentle’ + Romany rawnie ‘a queen’; sense 1 attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies; sense 2 collected by Simson (1865)
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1 a queen 20. 2 a gentlewoman, a lady 19. etymology: been ‘fine, good, costly rich, gentle’ + Romany rawnie ‘a queen’; sense 1 attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies; sense 2 collected by Simson (1865) |