queen
noun
- 1
A female monarch. Example: Queen Victoria.
- 2
The wife or widow of a king.
- 3
The most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
- 4
A playing card with the letter "Q" and the image of a queen on it, the twelfth card in a given suit.
- 5
A red disk that is the most valuable piece in the Asian game of carom.
- 6
A powerful or forceful female person.
- 7
An effeminate male homosexual. (See usage notes.)
- 8
A reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.
- 9
An adult female cat valued for breeding. See also tom.
- 10
A queen olive.
- 11
A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp., esp. Danaus gilippus).
verb
- 1
To make a queen.
- 2
To act the part of a queen; to queen it.
- 3
To promote a pawn, usually to a queen.
- 4
To provide with a new queen.
- 5
To be the queen of a colony.
- 6
(BDSM, of a female) To sit on the face of (a partner) to receive oral sex.
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