noun · neutral
queendom
/ˈkwiːndəm/QUEEN·dom
Band 6-7task2speaking
a kingdom ruled by a queen; the realm or domain of a queen
Examples
“The queendom passed to her daughter after the queen abdicated.”
“In feminist literature, 'queendom' can be used metaphorically to describe female-led spaces.”
“The novel imagines a queendom where women hold all key political offices.”
Band 8 sentence
“The novel explored the dynamics of power in a queendom where matrilineal succession reshaped political life.”
Collocations
- the queendom of
- pass a queendom
- metaphorical queendom
Word family
queendom nounqueen nounqueenship noun
Common mistakes
use 'kingdom' when referring to a female-led realm→queendom
Say it for a higher band
5realm→6kingdom→7+queendom
Synonyms
realm
kingdom
Easily confused
kingdom
“The kingdom faced unrest after the monarch's death.”
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