queen

phonetic symbol: / kwín / 

queen - English Dictionary

[ noun ]
■ female cat
tabby

[ noun ]
■ the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites
■ its function is to lay eggs

[ noun ]
■ an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males
queen mole rat

[ noun ]
■ (chess) the most powerful piece

[ noun ]
■ one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen

[ noun ]
■ offensive term for an openly homosexual man
fag , faggot , fagot , fairy , nance , pansy , poof , poove , pouf , queer

[ noun ]
■ a competitor who holds a preeminent position
king , world-beater

[ noun ]
■ a female sovereign ruler
female monarch , queen regnant

[ noun ]
■ the wife or widow of a king

[ noun ]
■ something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind
e.g.)
・Paris is the queen of cities
・the queen of ocean liners

[ verb ]
■ become a queen
e.g.)
・her pawn queened

[ verb ]
■ promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess

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