Queen's English

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Queen's English

English speech or usage that is considered standard or accepted; Received Standard English.

queen's English

(Linguistics) (when the British sovereign is female) standard Southern British English

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Queen's English - English as spoken by educated persons in southern England

King's English

English, English language - an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

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