"ice queen" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-ice queen.ogg [Australia] Forms: ice queens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ice queen (plural ice queens)
  1. (idiomatic) A beautiful but heartless woman. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms (beautiful but heartless woman): ice maiden
    Sense id: en-ice_queen-en-noun-nc8tYWJZ Disambiguation of 'beautiful but heartless woman': 99 1
  2. (informal, sports) A female ice-skating champion. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Sports, Athletes, People, Stock characters
    Sense id: en-ice_queen-en-noun-GjIRDO5h Disambiguation of Athletes: 10 90 Disambiguation of People: 43 57 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 27 73 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 97 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 97 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: belle dame sans merci

Inflected forms

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