Lexic.us

Definition of Queen

1. Noun. The only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs.

2. Verb. Promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess.

3. Noun. A female sovereign ruler.

4. Verb. Become a queen. "Her pawn queened"

5. Noun. The wife or widow of a king.

6. Noun. Something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind. "The queen of ocean liners"

7. Noun. A competitor who holds a preeminent position.

8. Noun. Offensive term for an openly homosexual man.

9. Noun. One of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen.

10. Noun. (chess) the most powerful piece.

11. Noun. 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.

12. Noun. Female cat.

Definition of Queen

1. n. The wife of a king.

2. v. i. To act the part of a queen.

3. v. i. 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.

Definition of Queen

1. Proper noun. A title given to queens. ¹

2. Noun. A female monarch. Example: Queen Victoria ¹

3. Noun. The wife or widow of a king. Example: Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother ¹

4. Noun. (chess) The most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. ¹

5. Noun. (card games) A playing card with the picture of a queen on its face, the twelfth card in a given suit. ¹

6. Noun. A powerful or forceful female person. ¹

7. Noun. (derogatory slang) An effeminate male homosexual. See drag queen. ¹

8. Noun. A reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp. ¹

9. Noun. An adult female cat valued for breeding. See tom. ¹

10. Verb. to make a queen ¹

11. Verb. (chess) to promote a pawn, usually to a queen. ¹

12. Verb. (BDSM slang transitive of a female) To sit on the face of (a partner) to receive oral sex. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Queen

1. to make a queen (a female monarch) of [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Queen

1. 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." 4. The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites. 5. 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." . Queen bee, a very large West Indian cameo conch (Cassis cameo). It is much used for making cameos. Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king. 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, a heavy yellow powder consisting of a basic mercuric sulphate; formerly called turpetum minerale, or Turbith's mineral. Origin: OE. Quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. Cwen wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. Quan wife, woman, Icel. Kvan wife, queen, Goth. Qens. See Quean. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Queen

quebrachos quebrith qued quede quedship queechier queechy queed queefed queefing

queefs queem queen's cup queen-size queen-sized queen bee queen bees queen breeding queen consort queen dowager

queen it queen it over queen mother queen of beasts queen of clubs queen of diamonds

Literary usage of Queen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1901)
"The Duke of Sussex, whose critical attitude to the queen still caused her discomfort, was partially conciliated by the bestowal of the title of Duchess of ..."

2. Through the Looking-glass by Lewis Carroll (2007)
"queen ALICE. " WELL, this is grand!" said Alice. " I never expected I should be a queen so soon — and I'll tell you what it is, your Majesty," she went on, ..."

3. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With Anecdotes of by Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland (1847)
"queen REGNANT OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.' CHAPTER V. Regnal life of Mary II. — Her position in the sovereignty — Remarkable instances of conjugal ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"queen ANNE'S BOUNTY, a fund established for the enlargement of the incomes of the ... It was created by royal charter of queen Anne, confirmed by act of the ..."

5. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With Anecdotes of by Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland (1840)
"An infant queen consort—Isabella, daughter to Charles VI. ... Calais—Young queen embarks—Enters London —Called the Little queen—Educated at Windsor—King's ..."

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