Queen-of-sheba Definition

noun

(figuratively) A pampered female with an aristocratic demeanor.

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Noun

Singular:
queen-of-sheba
Plural:
Queens of Sheba

Origin of Queen-of-sheba

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

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Queen-of-sheba Sentence Examples

  • A queen of this people (the " Queen of Sheba ") is said (1 Kings x.) to have visited Solomon about 950 B.C. There is, however, no mention of such a queen in the inscriptions.

  • Another tradition assigns them as ancestor Menelek, Solomon's alleged son by the queen of Sheba.

  • The queen of Sheba who visited Solomon may have come with a caravan trading to Gaza, to see the great king whose ships plied on the Red Sea.

  • Ammon, Moab, Edom and the queen of Sheba sent tribute, and Teima in northern Arabia was captured by the Assyrian troops.

  • Historians have been at a loss to know what Solomon could give in exchange for the gold of Ophir and the costly gifts of the queen of Sheba.

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