Queen Anne

English

Queen Anne style Victorian home

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.

3. A small town in Maryland, United States.

Derived terms

• Queen Anne's Bounty
• Queen Anne's lace

Further reading

• “Queen Anne”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Queen Anne”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Queen Anne”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “Queen Anne”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Queen Anne”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.