Queen's English
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Queen's English
n.
Standard English in England.
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Queen's English
n
(Linguistics) (when the sovereign is female) standard Southern British English
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Noun | 1. | Queen's English - English as spoken by educated persons in southern England 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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