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
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.