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- Dictionaryqueen/kwiːn/
noun
- 1. the female ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the position by right of birth: "he insisted the princess could be crowned queen" Similar
- 2. the most powerful chess piece that each player has, able to move in any direction along a rank, file, or diagonal on which it stands.
verb
- 1. behave in an unpleasantly superior way towards (someone): "Monique was queening it over everybody"
- 2. convert (a pawn) into a queen when it reaches the opponent's back rank on the board.
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a woman who rules a country because she has been born into a royal family, or a woman who is married to a king: How long did Queen Victoria reign? The Queen is meeting the prime minister today. any woman who is considered to be the best at what she does: She's the reigning queen of crime writers. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
The meaning of QUEEN is the wife or widow of a king. How to use queen in a sentence.
noun. a female sovereign or monarch. the wife or consort of a king. a woman, or something personified as a woman, that is foremost or preeminent in any respect: a movie queen; a beauty queen; Athens, the queen of the Aegean.
a. the only fertile female in a colony of social insects, such as bees, ants, and termites, from the eggs of which the entire colony develops. b. ( as modifier) a queen bee. 6. an adult female cat. 7. one of four playing cards in a pack, one for each suit, bearing the picture of a queen.
A female ruler of an independent state, people, etc., esp…. I.4. Used as a title placed immediately before (and in Old…. Expand. I.5. With specification of the people, country, etc., ruled over…. Expand. I.6. Applied to a female whose authority or pre-eminence is….
a woman or girl chosen to perform official duties at a festival or celebration. a carnival queen. a May queen (= at a festival to celebrate the coming of spring) a homecoming queen. She was nominated for prom queen in high school. see also beauty queen, pearly queen. in chess.
a movie queen; a beauty queen; Athens, the queen of the Aegean. Slang: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a term used to refer to a gay man, especially one who is flamboyantly campy or effeminate. the current entry.
