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Meaning of 'queen' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Queen [ n.]
- The wife of a king.
- A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots.
- A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc.
- The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites.
- The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen.
- A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.
- A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing.
2 . Queen [ v. i.]
- To act the part of a queen.
- 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.

Meaning of 'queen' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . queen [ n]
Meaning (1):
- something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind
Example in sentence:
  • Paris is the queen of cities;
  • the queen of ocean liners
2 . queen [ v]
Meaning (2):
- become a queen
Example in sentence:
  • her pawn queened

Nearby Words:

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