queen

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The wife of a king.

2. 2noun

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

3. 3noun

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

4. 4noun

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

5. 5noun

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

6. 6noun

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

7. 7noun

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

8. 8intransitive verb

   To act the part of a queen.

9. 9intransitive verb

   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.

10. 10noun

    female cat

    Synonyms

    tabby
11. 11noun

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

12. 12noun

    an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males

13. 13noun

    (chess) the most powerful piece

14. 14noun

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

15. 15noun

    offensive term for an openly homosexual man

    Synonyms

    fagfaggotfagotfairynancepansypoofpoovepoufqueer
16. 16noun

    a competitor who holds a preeminent position

    Synonyms

    king
17. 17noun

    a female sovereign ruler

18. 18noun

    the wife or widow of a king

19. 19noun

    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"

20. 20verb

    become a queen

    "her pawn queened"

21. 21verb

    promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess