Viqueen

English

Etymology

From queen, as though the second element of Viking were king.

Noun

Viqueen (plural Viqueens)

1. (humorous) A female Viking.
   • 1852, Charles Hale, To-day: A Boston Literary Journal, volume 1, page 43:

     I am a Viqueen bold / Far over the sea! / I let my standard fly / Boldly and free!

   • 2021, Gordon Campbell, Norse America: The Story of a Founding Myth, page 143:

     Janice Liedl (see Further Reading) has documented balls organized by Lady Aberdeen (consort of the Governor General) in Ottawa (1896) and Montréal (1898), at which guests dressed as 'Vikings and Viqueens', so affirming, as Lady Aberdeen wrote in her diary, the 'Vikings first discovering Canada'

2. (slang, derogatory) A member of the Minnesota Vikings, a professional American football team.