1. Noun
The wife of a king.
2. Noun
A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots.
3. Noun
A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc.
4. Noun
The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites.
5. Noun
The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen.
6. Noun
A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.
7. Noun
A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing.
8. Verb
To act the part of a queen.
9. Verb
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.
10. Noun
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
Vocabulary classified under Biology
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
Vocabulary classified under Biology
12. Noun
female cat
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
13. Noun
a female competitor who holds a preeminent position
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
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