Queen

queen

/kwēn/

noun

noun: queen; plural noun: queens

1. the female ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the position by right of birth.

• synonyms: monarch, sovereign, ruler, head of state

• Her Majesty;

• king's consort, queen consort

• "the queen was crowned"a king's wife.

• a king's wife

• noun: Queen Consort; plural noun: Queen Consorts

• synonyms: monarch, sovereign, ruler, head of state;

• Her Majesty; king's consort, queen consort

• "the queen was crowned"

• a woman or thing regarded as excellent or outstanding of its kind.

• "the queen of romance novelists"

• synonyms: doyenne, star, superstar, leading light, big name, queen bee, prima donna, idol, heroine, favorite, darling, goddess

• "the queen of country music"

• a woman or girl chosen to hold the most important position in a festival or event.

• "football stars and homecoming queens"

• dated

• (in the UK) the national anthem when there is a female sovereign.

• singular proper noun: Queen; noun: the Queen

• informal

• a man's wife or girlfriend.

1. the most powerful chess piece that each player has, able to move any number of unobstructed squares in any direction along a rank, file, or diagonal on which it stands.

2. a playing card bearing a representation of a queen, normally ranking next below a king and above a jack.

3. ENTOMOLOGY

a reproductive female in a colony of social ants, bees, wasps, etc.

1. an adult female cat that has not been spayed.

2. informal

a male homosexual, typically one regarded as ostentatiously effeminate.

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