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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Queneist, Queenist, n. [Quene n.1] A supporter or partisan of the Queen (Mary Queen of Scots) rather than the King (James VI). — 1562-3 Winȝet I 59 (see Kingist n.).
Queneist a1651 Calderwood in Misc. Wodrow Soc. 426.
In their places entered papists … queenists such as employed their witts and force with his mother against himself
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