English Explanatory Dictionary

welfare queen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A woman collecting welfare, seen as doing so out of laziness, rather than genuine need.

Word forms

welfare queen welfare queens

Etymology

First appears c. the 1970s, popularized during Ronald Reagan's 1976 presidential campaign, but not used by Reagan himself.

Related words

gibsmedat gimmigrant welfare bum welfare parasite
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