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queen
1[ kween ]
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.
- Slang: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a term used to refer to a gay man, especially one who is flamboyantly campy or effeminate.
- a playing card bearing a picture of a queen.
- Chess. the most powerful piece of either color, moved across any number of empty squares in any direction.
- Entomology. a fertile female ant, bee, termite, or wasp.
- a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter Q.
verb (used without object)
- to reign as queen.
- to behave in an imperious or pretentious manner (usually followed by it ).
- Chess. to become promoted to a queen.
Queen
2[ kween ]
noun
- Ellery, joint pen name of Manfred Bennington Lee and Frederick Dannay.
queen
1/ ɾː /
noun
- a female sovereign who is the official ruler or head of state
- the wife or widow of a king
- a woman or a thing personified as a woman considered the best or most important of her kind
a beauty queen
the queen of ocean liners
- slang.an effeminate male homosexual
- 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
- ( as modifier )
a queen bee
- an adult female cat
- one of four playing cards in a pack, one for each suit, bearing the picture of a queen
- a chess piece, theoretically the most powerful piece, able to move in a straight line in any direction or diagonally, over any number of squares
verb
- chess to promote (a pawn) to a queen when it reaches the eighth rank
- tr to crown as queen
- informal.intr (of a gay man) to flaunt one's homosexuality
- intr to reign as queen
- queen it informal.often foll by over to behave in an overbearing manner
Queen
2/ ɾː /
noun
- DannayFrederic19051982M LeeManfred B19051971M Ellery (ˈɛlərɪ). pseudonym of Frederic Dannay (1905–82) and Manfred B. Lee (1905–71), US co-authors of detective novels featuring a sleuth also called Ellery Queen
Sensitive Note
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܱ· adjective
- ܱ· adjective
- ܲ··ܱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of queen1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of queen1
Example Sentences
In another incident, a Dutch town hall admitted it "most likely" disposed of 46 artworks by accident – including an Andy Warhol print of the former Dutch queen – during renovation works last year.
A Dutch town hall has admitted that it "most likely" accidentally disposed of 46 artworks, including an Andy Warhol print of the former Dutch queen, during renovation works last year.
Drag queen Jiggly Caliente, a fierce performer who competed on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” will take time away from the spotlight to focus on her health after a portion of her right leg was recently amputated.
"You are seen, you are loved, and you were born this way," he added, before launching into a performance of Born This Way by pop icon Lady Gaga, whom he referred to as "my queen".
Waters was recently sent a clip of Musk’s transgender daughter, Vivian Wilson, 21, lip-syncing “Pink Flamingos” lines spoken by Divine, the legendary drag queen and star of many Waters films.
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