queen regnante

English

Noun

queen regnante (plural queens regnante)

1. Alternative spelling of queen regnant
   • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 87:

     It has the farther merit of having suggested incidents to Spenser, and perhaps of having given the idea of a queen regnante of Fairy Land.