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Queen of Sheba en · NOUN

Etymology

From the Biblical and other traditional accounts of the Queen of Sheba.

Meanings

1. (figuratively) A pampered woman with an aristocratic demeanor.
   • "Where is she?" Um-Nadia cries out. "Where is that Queen of Sheba?" Sirine is yawning. It was quite late when she finally walked out of Han's big dark car and into her house. 2004, Diana Abu-Jaber, Crescent, →ISBN, page 90:
   • At three o'clock that afternoon the Sayre limousine stopped in front of Nina's house, and Mrs. Sayre, in brilliant pink and a purple hat, got out. Leslie, lounging in a window, made the announcement. "Here's the Queen of Sheba," he said. 1922, Mary Roberts Rinehart, chapter 17, in The Breaking Point:
   • "It is very fine weather," Miss Fotheringay said, in an Irish accent, and with a deep rich melancholy voice. . . . "And very warm," continued this empress and Queen of Sheba. 1850, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 5, in The History of Pendennis:

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