QUEEN

noun the wife of a king.

2. queen ·vi to act the part of a queen.

3. queen ·noun a playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.

4. queen ·noun the fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites.

5. queen ·noun a male homosexual, ·esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing.

6. queen ·noun the most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen.

7. queen ·noun a woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, elizabeth, queen of england; mary, queen of scots.

8. queen ·vi 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.

9. queen ·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.