"queane" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: queanes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} queane (plural queanes)
  1. Archaic spelling of quean. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: quean
    Sense id: en-queane-en-noun-kHJcqY-p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1504, Nicholas Udall, Roister Doister:",
          "text": "Downe with this litle queane, that hath at me such spite, Saue you from hir maister, it is a very sprite.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1566, William Adlington, The Golden Asse:",
          "text": "You shall finde it no otherwise my sister, but that either this cursed queane hath invented a great lie, or else that she never saw the shape of her husband.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 3 p. 42:",
          "text": "She cals her barren Jade, / Base Queane, and riv’ld Witch[…]",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "1504, Nicholas Udall, Roister Doister:",
          "text": "Downe with this litle queane, that hath at me such spite, Saue you from hir maister, it is a very sprite.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1566, William Adlington, The Golden Asse:",
          "text": "You shall finde it no otherwise my sister, but that either this cursed queane hath invented a great lie, or else that she never saw the shape of her husband.",
          "type": "quote"
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          "text": "She cals her barren Jade, / Base Queane, and riv’ld Witch[…]",
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