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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 byit ).
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
slangan 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
informal(often foll by over) to behave in an overbearing manner
Queen
2/ ɾː /
noun
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
- queenless adjective
- queenlike adjective
- underqueen noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of queen1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of queen1
Example Sentences
The pair moved to London at the start of the 1980s, where Frankie worked as a traffic warden by day and a drag queen by night.
Six of its campsites, each available to reserve through recreation.gov, offer yurts including queen beds with linens, down comforters and pillows, along with two nightstands and an oversized rug.
It’s no wonder all she needed to become the latest “White Lotus” meme queen was a thick Southern accent and a bottle of Lorazepam.
“Sheila was the queen, and she was great at it. She gave pointed notes: ‘This is what I think should happen.’”
Belmont said he doesn’t know any drag queen or king who makes a living based solely on their performances.
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