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Webster 1913 Edition
Quean
Quean
,Noun.
[Originally, a woman, AS.
cwene
; akin to OS. quena
, OHG. quena
, Icel. kona
, Goth qin[GREEK]
, and AS. cwén
, also to Gr. [GREEK] woman, wife, Skr. gnā
goddess. Cf. Queen
.] 1.
A woman; a young or unmarried woman; a girl.
[Obs. or Scot.]
Chaucer.
2.
A low woman; a wench; a slut.
“The dread of every scolding quean.” Gay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Quean
QUEAN
, n.A worthless woman; a slut; a strumpet. [Not in common use.]