queen

1. n. The wife of a king. Source: opted

2. n. A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots. Source: opted

3. n. A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc. Source: opted

4. n. The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites. Source: opted

5. n. The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen. Source: opted

6. n. A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades. Source: opted

7. n. A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing. Source: opted

8. v. i. To act the part of a queen. Source: opted

9. v. i. 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. Source: opted

10. n. the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs Source: wordnet

11. n. a female sovereign ruler Source: wordnet

12. n. the wife or widow of a king Source: wordnet

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