queen

[Queen]

In a monarchy, a queen is the female ruler of the country. Whether you are the Queen of England or the queen of a honey bee colony, you are the female in charge.

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The wife of a king.

Noun
female cat

Noun
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs

Noun
especially large and only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring sired by only a few males

Noun
(chess) the most powerful piece

Noun
one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen

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Noun
offensive terms for an openly homosexual man

Noun
a competitor who holds a preeminent position

Noun
a female sovereign ruler

Noun
the wife or widow of a king

Noun
something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind; "Paris is the queen of cities"; "the queen of ocean liners"

Verb
become a queen; "her pawn queened"

Verb
promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess


n.
The wife of a king.

n.
A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots.

n.
A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc.

n.
The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites.

n.
The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen.

n.
A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.

n.
A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing.

v. i.
To act the part of a queen.

v. i.
To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn.


Queen

Queen , n. [OE. quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. cw&emac;n wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. qu'ben wife, woman, Icel. kv'ben wife, queen, Goth. q&emac;ns. &root;221. See Quean.] 1. The wife of a king. 2. A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots.
In faith, and by the heaven's quene.
3. A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc. " This queen of cities." " Albion, queen of isles." Cowper. 4. The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites.

Queen

Queen, v. i. To act the part of a queen. Shak.

Queen

Queen, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Queened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Queening.] (Chess.) To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn.

The wife of a king.

To act the part of a queen.

To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn.

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Usage Examples

I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.

If you saw Queen Elizabeth it would be amazing, she came from another planet. She was so attractive in what she was wearing.

I was doing these performance art pop music pieces in the city. And they were a bit on the eccentric side I suppose. So people started to call me Gaga after the Queen song 'Radio Gaga.'

Never once does 'Snow White' herself look in the mirror so she isn't aware of her beauty or what apparently that does to people. It's really just the queen and the prince that talk about it.

Rosa Parks was the queen mother of a movement whose single act of heroism sparked the movement for freedom, justice and equality. Her greatest contribution is that she told us a regular person can make a difference.

My family and our neighbors and friends thought of Africa and its Africans as extensions of the stereotyped characters that we saw in movies and on television in films such as 'Tarzan' and in programs such as 'Ramar of the Jungle' and 'Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.'

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Jews have deep respect for the Queen and the royal family. We say a prayer for them every Sabbath in synagogue. We recite a special blessing on seeing the Queen.

I woke up one morning to find I was famous. I bought a white Rolls-Royce and drove down Sunset Boulevard, wearing dark specs and a white suit, waving like the Queen Mum.

It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen.

I had a non-existent knowledge of Queen Victoria's early years. Like everyone else, I thought of her as an old lady dressed in black. My mom had told me about her, though, that she had a very loving relationship with Albert, that they had lots of kids, and that he died young.

I hate it when people call me a teen queen.

I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people.

May I share with you my earliest memory of a political row? It was with my mother, about the Queen - classic Freudian stuff, shrinks would say. I was eight, and refusing to watch the Queen's Christmas Day broadcast.

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