"Homecoming Queen" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Homecoming Queens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Homecoming Queen}} Homecoming Queen (plural Homecoming Queens)
  1. (US) In colleges and high schools, a young lady chosen by her peers to "reign" over the traditional activities associated with the Homecoming football game. Tags: US Synonyms: Hoco Queen Related terms: Homecoming King
    Sense id: en-Homecoming_Queen-en-noun-aNFXKA6U Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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