queen
IPA: kwˈin
noun
- The wife, consort, or widow of a king.
- A female monarch.
- A woman whose pre-eminence, power, or forcefulness is comparable to that of a queen.
- (Christianity) The Virgin Mary (especially in formulations such as Queen of Heaven, Queen of Glory).
- An excellent woman.
- A woman pre-eminent in a particular group or field.
- (slang, originally US) An attractive woman; a female partner in a romantic relationship.
- Something regarded as the greatest of its kind or as having pre-eminence or power comparable to that of a queen over a given area.
- Referring to one of several items used in tabletop games:
- A chess piece that, under contemporary rules, is the most powerful, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
- A playing card with a depiction of a queen on it, generally ranking next below the king and above the jack in a given suit.
- A red disk that is the most valuable piece in the Asian game of carrom.
- s around the queen (sense 6) of the hive, marked with a pink dot]] A reproductive female insect in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.
- (obsolete) A type of flatfish, specifically the lemon sole.
- (rare) A queen apple.
- (originally UK) A queen scallop.
- (now chiefly historical) A type of large roofing slate.
- (slang, sometimes derogatory) A homosexual man, especially one regarded as effeminate.
- An adult female cat capable of breeding.
- (attributive, originally Canada, US) Pertaining to a queen-size bed or queen-size bedding.
- A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp., especially Danaus gilippus).
- A title used before the personal name of a queen.
- (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter Q.
- In Commonwealth realms, the personification of the Crown, particularly in legal matters.
- A surname transferred from the nickname, originating as a nickname.
- An unincorporated community in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States, named after the Queen Ranch.
- An unincorporated community in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- (construction, obsolete) Ellipsis of queen post. [(construction) A supporting post designed to span longer openings than a king post.]
- Ellipsis of queen olive. [A superior kind of olive grown in Spain. It is large and oblong, with a small but long pit and a delicate flavour, and is cured when green.]
- (LGBT, slang) Ellipsis of drag queen. [(LGBT, originally slang) A person, usually male, who dresses up in women’s clothing and makeup, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance.]
- Alternative letter-case form of queen (“consort or widow of a king”). [The wife, consort, or widow of a king.]
- Alternative letter-case form of queen (“female monarch”). [The wife, consort, or widow of a king.]
- Alternative letter-case form of queen (“Virgin Mary”). [The wife, consort, or widow of a king.]
verb
- (intransitive, obsolete) To act the part of a queen; to behave imperiously; to queen it.
- (transitive) To make a queen or (figuratively) to give the status of a queen.
- (chess) To promote a pawn to a queen.
- (beekeeping) To be the queen bee of a colony.
- (beekeeping) To provide with a new queen bee.
- (BDSM, slang, transitive, usually of a woman) To sit on a person’s face to receive oral sex, typically while straddling the person’s head.
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Examples of "queen" in Sentences
- The King snubbed the Queen.
- The mother of the king is the queen.
- The queen taunts the king while he eats.
- The same goes for the power of the Queen.
- The king and queen were in the utmost peril.
- The king had the queen abandoned in the forest.
- She was the queen of the reformist King Gongmin of Goryeo.
- For some hours the king and queen were in the utmost peril.
- A royal family is the extended family of a king or queen regnant.
- The wedding went on, and the king arranged a tournament to flatter the queen.
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