[ 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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