Meaning & Definition of Queen in English
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Queen
/kwin/
noun
1. The only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites
- Its function is to lay eggs
synonym:
- queen
2. A female sovereign ruler
synonym:
- queen,
- queen regnant,
- female monarch
3. The wife or widow of a king
synonym:
- queen
4. 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"
synonym:
- queen
5. A competitor who holds a preeminent position
synonym:
- king,
- queen,
- world-beater
6. Offensive term for an openly homosexual man
synonym:
- fagot,
- faggot,
- fag,
- fairy,
- nance,
- pansy,
- queen,
- queer,
- poof,
- poove,
- pouf
7. One of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
synonym:
- queen
8. (chess) the most powerful piece
synonym:
- queen
9. 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
synonym:
- queen,
- queen mole rat
10. Female cat
synonym:
- tabby,
- queen
verb
1. Promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
synonym:
- queen
2. Become a queen
- "Her pawn queened"
synonym:
- queen
Examples of using
She was the queen of the ball.
She's the pirate queen.
Yea, would to God, I were among the roses, That lean to kiss you as you float between While on the lowest branch a bud uncloses A bud uncloses, to touch you, my queen.