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   Quean , n. [Originally, a woman, AS. cwene; akin to OS. quena, OHG. quena, Icel. kona, Goth qin, and AS. cwén, also to Gr.  woman, wife, Skr. gnā goddess.  Cf. Queen.]
   A woman; a young or unmarried woman; a girl. [Obs. or Scot.]
   Chaucer.
   
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   A low woman; a wench; a slut. “The dread of every scolding quean.”  
   Gay.
   
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