"kween" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kweens [plural], kweenz [plural]
Etymology: From queen. Head templates: {{en-noun|s|kweenz}} kween (plural kweens or kweenz)
  1. (LGBTQ slang) A queen.
    Sense id: en-kween-en-noun-7FGN1GWX Categories (other): LGBTQ
  2. (humorous) Pronunciation spelling of queen. Tags: alt-of, humorous, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: queen
    Sense id: en-kween-en-noun-g4Ky3tQI Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 34 4 3 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 3 2 74

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Zendaya, Our Kween Who Art in Heaven, just dyed her hair red while on a press tour for Spider-Man: Far From Home, and it’s quite literally breaking the internet right now (so, like, get your Instagram stalking done fast, because the internet might not be here in the morning).",
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          "ref": "2019 June 1, Jennifer Hyland, “Kim Kardashian revealed as British ROYALTY as her family tree is traced”, in Mirror:",
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