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QUEEN'S COUNSEL

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Overview

QUEEN'S COUNSEL (noun)
  The noun QUEEN'S COUNSEL has 1 sense:

1. Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a queenplay

  Familiarity information: QUEEN'S COUNSEL used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


QUEEN'S COUNSEL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a queen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Queen's Counsel" is a kind of...):

Counsel to the Crown (a barrister selected to serve as counsel to the British ruler)


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