queen n
1. the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
2. a female sovereign ruler [syn: queen regnant, female monarch] [ant: king, king]
3. the wife or widow of a king
4. 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"
5. a competitor who holds a preeminent position [syn: king, world-beater]
6. offensive terms for an openly homosexual man [syn: fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queer, poof, poove, pouf]
7. one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
8. (chess) the most powerful piece
9. especially large and only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring sired by only a few males
10. female cat [syn: tabby] v
11. promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
12. become a queen; "her pawn queened"

Queen \Queen\, v. i. To act the part of a queen. --Shak.

Queen \Queen\, 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.

Queen \Queen\, n. [OE. quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. cw[=e]n wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. qu[=a]n wife, woman, Icel. kv[=a]n wife, queen, Goth. q[=e]ns. [root]22
1. See Quean.]
2. The wife of a king.
3. A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female

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