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queen

/kwiːn/

noun

Meaning

  • A female monarch. Example: Queen Victoria.

  • The wife or widow of a king.

  • The most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

  • A playing card with the letter "Q" and the image of a queen on it, the twelfth card in a given suit.

  • A red disk that is the most valuable piece in the Asian game of carom.

  • A powerful or forceful female person.

  • An effeminate male homosexual. (See usage notes.)

  • A reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.

  • An adult female cat valued for breeding. See also tom.

  • A queen olive.

  • A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp., esp. Danaus gilippus).

Synonyms

queen regnant,
bitch,
cowgirl,
girl,
lady,
mop squeezer,
queen consort

verb

Meaning

  • To make a queen.

  • To act the part of a queen; to queen it.

  • To promote a pawn, usually to a queen.

  • To provide with a new queen.

  • To be the queen of a colony.

  • (BDSM, of a female) To sit on the face of (a partner) to receive oral sex.