"scream queen" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈskɹiːm kwiːn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈskɹim kwin/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-scream queen.ogg [Australia] Forms: scream queens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} scream queen (plural scream queens)
  1. (informal) An actress who appears in several horror films. Wikipedia link: Fay Wray, King Kong (1933 film) Tags: informal Categories (topical): Female people, Film, Horror, Occupations Translations (actress who appears in several horror movies): кралица на ужаса (kralica na užasa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 尖叫女王 (jiānjiào nǚwáng) (Chinese Mandarin), scream queen [feminine] (Dutch), kauhutähti (Finnish), scream queen [feminine] (French), Scream-Queen [feminine] (German), מַלְכָּה הַצְעָקָה (malká hats'aká) [feminine] (Hebrew), regina dell'urlo [feminine] (Italian), 絶叫クイーン (zekkyō-kuīn) (alt: ぜっきょうクイーン) (Japanese), riksmo karalienė [feminine] (Lithuanian), ملکه جیغ (maleke jiğ) (Persian), królowa krzyku [feminine] (Polish), scream queen [feminine] (Polish), rainha do grito [feminine] (Portuguese), короле́ва кри́ка (koroléva kríka) [feminine] (Russian), reina del grito [feminine] (Spanish), короле́ва вереща́ння (koroléva vereščánnja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), nữ hoàng la hét (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-scream_queen-en-noun-jyKHd8od Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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