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ANNE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
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Instance hypernyms:
Queen of England (the sovereign ruler of England)
Context examples:
We passed the pretty cottage where the murdered man had lived, and walked up an oak-lined avenue to the fine old Queen Anne house, which bears the date of Malplaquet upon the lintel of the door.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But I do not remember I gave you power to consent that any thing should be omitted, and much less that any thing should be inserted; therefore, as to the latter, I do here renounce every thing of that kind; particularly a paragraph about her majesty Queen Anne, of most pious and glorious memory; although I did reverence and esteem her more than any of human species.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
This study shows that there is a genetic basis to ozone responses, and that continued research will reveal how plants process ozone and its harmful by-products, says Anne Sylvester, a program director in NSF's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems.
(Study finds rising ozone a hidden threat to corn, National Science Foundation)
Anne herself would have found the mortifications of it more than she foresaw, and to Sir Walter's feelings they must have been dreadful.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
“Don't you think, my dear,” said I, “it would be better for you to remonstrate with Mary Anne?”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
She meant to be impertinently curious, just as such an Anne Cox should be.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
They set off at eight this morning, said Miss Anne, and I am sure I do not envy them their drive.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
"How can you say so, Anne?" cried Lucy, who generally made an amendment to all her sister's assertions.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
And so would Anne, if her health had allowed her to apply.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Anne had been too little from home, too little seen.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
