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queen - English dictionary definition

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  1. Queen  The wife of a king.
  2. Queen  A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots.
  3. Queen  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. Queen  The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites.
  5. Queen  The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen.
  6. Queen  A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.
  7. Queen  A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing.
  8. Queen  To act the part of a queen.
  9. 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.
  10. Queen  A truss framed with queen-posts; a queen-post truss.