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queen
noun
1
a a woman who is a hereditary ruler of a country;
b (in full queen consort) the wife of a king;
c (usu Queen) the title applied to someone who holds either of these positions and which is usually followed by a designated first name or by the name of the country she rules Queen Elizabeth I Mary Queen of Scots .
2 a woman, place or thing considered supreme in some way queen of people's hearts queen of European cities .
3 a large fertile female ant, bee or wasp that lays eggs.
4 chess a piece that is able to move forwards, backwards, sideways or diagonally, making it the most powerful piece on the board.
5 cards any of the four high-ranking face cards that have a picture of a queen on them.
6 derog colloq an effeminate male homosexual.
7 (usu the Queen) Brit colloq the national anthem when a woman is on the throne Remember when the Queen was played in cinemas?
verb (queened , queening )
1 chess
a to advance (a pawn) to the opponent's side of the board and convert it into a queen;
b intr said of a pawn: to reach the opponent's side of the board and so be converted into a queen.
2 to make (a woman) queen.
[Anglo-Saxon cwene a woman]
queendom noun .
queenlike adjective .
queenship noun .
queen it colloq said of a woman: to behave overbearingly.
noun
1
a a woman who is a hereditary ruler of a country;
b (in full queen consort) the wife of a king;
c (usu Queen) the title applied to someone who holds either of these positions and which is usually followed by a designated first name or by the name of the country she rules Queen Elizabeth I Mary Queen of Scots .
2 a woman, place or thing considered supreme in some way queen of people's hearts queen of European cities .
3 a large fertile female ant, bee or wasp that lays eggs.
4 chess a piece that is able to move forwards, backwards, sideways or diagonally, making it the most powerful piece on the board.
5 cards any of the four high-ranking face cards that have a picture of a queen on them.
6 derog colloq an effeminate male homosexual.
7 (usu the Queen) Brit colloq the national anthem when a woman is on the throne Remember when the Queen was played in cinemas?
verb (queened , queening )
1 chess
a to advance (a pawn) to the opponent's side of the board and convert it into a queen;
b intr said of a pawn: to reach the opponent's side of the board and so be converted into a queen.
2 to make (a woman) queen.
[Anglo-Saxon cwene a woman]
queendom noun .
queenlike adjective .
queenship noun .
queen it colloq said of a woman: to behave overbearingly.
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