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Definition of the Queen’s English noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

the Queen’s English

noun

/ðə ˌkwiːnz ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

/ðə ˌkwiːnz ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

[uncountable] (old-fashioned)

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the English language as written and spoken correctly by educated people in the UK ‘The Queen’s English’ is used when the United Kingdom has a queen, and ‘the King’s English’ when it has a king.

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