queen
(kwēn)
n.
1.
a.
The wife or widow of a king.
b.
A woman sovereign.
2.
a.
A woman considered preeminent in a particular field: the
reigning queen hip -hop.
b. A
woman chosen as the winner of a contest or the honorary head of an
event: a beauty queen; the queen of the
prom.
3. Something
having eminence or supremacy in a given domain and personified as a
woman: Paris is regarded as the queen of
cities.
4.
Abbr. Q Ga mes
a.
The most powerful chess piece, able to move in any direction over
any number of empty squares in a straight line.
b.
A playing card bearing the figure of a queen, ranking above the
jack and below the king.
5.
a. T he
sole reproductive female, or one of several such females,in a colony
oeusocial insects, such as bees,wasps, ants, or termites.
b.
The reproductive female in a colony of naked mole rats.
6.
A mature female cat, especially one kept for breeding purposes.
7.
Offensive S lang Used as a disparaging term
for a gay man.
8
A queen-size bed.
v.
q ueened , queen·ing , queens
v.tr.
1.
To make (a woman) a queen.
2.
Games To raise (a pawn) to queen in chess.
v.intr. Â Games
in
chess.
Idiom:
queen
it
To
a queen; a domineer: queens it
over the family.
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