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queen (n.)
1.fertile egg-laying female bee
2.female cat
3.the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
4.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
5.(chess) the most powerful piece
6.one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
7.offensive term for an openly homosexual man
8.a competitor who holds a preeminent position
9.a female sovereign ruler
10.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"
11.a polite name for any woman"a nice lady at the library helped me"
12.(politics)the wife or widow of a king
13.(slang)a homosexual man
queen (v.)
1.become a queen"her pawn queened"
2.promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
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Merriam Webster
QueenQueen (?), n. [OE. quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. cwēn wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. quān wife, woman, Icel. kvān wife, queen, Goth. qēns. √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. Chaucer.
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.
5. (Chess) The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen.
6. A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.
Queen apple. [Cf. OE. quyne aple quince apple.] A kind of apple; a queening. “Queen apples and red cherries.” Spenser. -- Queen bee (Zoöl.), a female bee, especially the female of the honeybee. See Honeybee. -- Queen conch (Zoöl.), a very large West Indian cameo conch (Cassis cameo). It is much used for making cameos. -- Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king. Blackstone. -- Queen dowager, the widow of a king. -- Queen gold, formerly a revenue of the queen consort of England, arising from gifts, fines, etc. -- Queen mother, a queen dowager who is also mother of the reigning king or queen. -- Queen of May. See May queen, under May. -- Queen of the meadow (Bot.), a European herbaceous plant (Spiræa Ulmaria). See Meadowsweet. -- Queen of the prairie (Bot.), an American herb (Spiræa lobata) with ample clusters of pale pink flowers. -- Queen pigeon (Zoöl.), any one of several species of very large and handsome crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, native of New Guinea and the adjacent islands. They are mostly pale blue, or ash-blue, marked with white, and have a large occipital crest of spatulate feathers. Called also crowned pigeon, goura, and Victoria pigeon. -- Queen regent, or Queen regnant, a queen reigning in her own right. -- Queen's Bench. See King's Bench. -- Queen's counsel, Queen's evidence. See King's counsel, King's evidence, under King. -- Queen's delight (Bot.), an American plant (Stillinqia sylvatica) of the Spurge family, having an herbaceous stem and a perennial woody root. -- Queen's metal (Metal.), an alloy somewhat resembling pewter or britannia, and consisting essentially of tin with a slight admixture of antimony, bismuth, and lead or copper. -- Queen's pigeon. (Zoöl.) Same as Queen pigeon, above. -- Queen's ware, glazed English earthenware of a cream color. -- Queen's yellow (Old Chem.), a heavy yellow powder consisting of a basic mercuric sulphate; -- formerly called turpetum minerale, or Turbith's mineral.
QueenQueen, v. i. To act the part of a queen. Shak.
QueenQueen, 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.
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⇨ definición de queen (Wikipedia)
queen (n.)
bee, cat, empress, fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, female monarch, fruit fairy, highness, king, lady, matriarch, monarch, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen bee, queen mole rat, queen regnant, queer, ruler, tabby, world-beater, puss (colloquial)
queen (n.) (slang)
fag, fairy, gay man, shirtlifter, twink
Ver también
queen (n.)
≠ king, male monarch, monarch, Rex, ruler
⇨ Mary Queen of Scots • May queen • Queen Anne's lace • Queen Charlotte Sound • Queen City • Queen Isabella • Queen Maud Land • Queen Victoria • Queen of England • Queen's Counsel • Queen's English • Queen's crape myrtle • beauty queen • closet queen • hangar queen • laying queen • mated queen • queen bed • queen bee • queen consort • queen dowager • queen in danger • queen it over • queen mole rat • queen mother • queen of diamonds • queen of the May • queen of the night • queen post • queen regent • queen regnant • queen triggerfish • queen's cup • queen-size • queen-size bed • queen-sized • queen-sized bed
queen (n.)
termite; white ant[Classe]
honeybee; honey bee[Classe]
ant; emmet; pismire[Classe]
entomology[Domaine]
Female[Domaine]
Insect[Domaine]
Apoidea, bumble bee, superfamily Apoidea[membre]
queen[Hyper.]
queen (n.)
cat; puss; true cat; margay cat; miaow[Classe]
animal femelle (fr)[Classe...]
queen (n.)
insect[Hyper.]
queen (n.)
naked mole rat[Hyper.]
queen (n.)
pièce de jeu d'échecs (fr)[Classe]
personnage du carnaval (fr)[Classe]
(royal house; dynasty)[Symbolise]
chessman, chess piece[Hyper.]
queen - changer en reine (fr)[Dérivé]
chess, chess game, game of chess[Domaine]
queen (n.)
nom d'une dame, aux cartes (fr)[ClasseHyper.]
queen (n.)
sexuality[Domaine]
SubjectiveAssessmentAttribute[Domaine]
queen (n.)
queen (n.)
queen[Classe]
royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty[membre]
female aristocrat[Hyper.]
queenlike, queenly[Dérivé]
queen (n.) [politics]
queen[ClasseHyper.]
épouse : selon la fonction du mari (fr)[Classe...]
royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty[membre]
female aristocrat[Hyper.]
queenlike, queenly[Dérivé]
queen (n.)
personification[Hyper.]
queen (n.)
queen (n.)
first; the former[Classe]
femme (fr)[Classe...]
queen (n.) [slang]
queen (v.)
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