Queen - English meaning

noun

The female ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the position by right of birth.

Usage examples:

He insisted the princess could be crowned queen

Synonims:

MonarchSovereignHead of stateRulerCrownHer majestyKing's consortQueen consortQueen mother

noun

The most powerful chess piece that each player has, able to move in any direction along a rank, file, or diagonal on which it stands.

Usage examples:

As far as movement, he's as versatile as the queen piece on a chess board.

noun

A playing card bearing a representation of a queen, normally ranking next below a king and above a jack.

Usage examples:

You should generally try to avoid playing aces, kings, queens and jacks except when capturing or bu…

noun

A reproductive female in a colony of social ants, bees, wasps, or termites, frequently the only one present in a colony.

Usage examples:

We present data on reproductive partitioning among queens in the ant leptothorax rugatulus with spe…

noun

An adult female cat that has not been spayed.

Usage examples:

Mousers left their prey, elder toms left their warm places by the fire, kittens left their meals, q…

noun

A gay man, especially one with an ostentatiously affected, flamboyant, or feminine manner.

verb

A gay man, especially one regarded as ostentatiously effeminate.

verb

Behave in an unpleasantly superior way towards (someone).

Usage examples:

Monique was queening it over everybody

verb

Convert (a pawn) into a queen when it reaches the opponent's back rank on the board.

Usage examples:

A slav drawn in 22 moves after a short burst of excitement where kramnik gave up his queen, then qu…

noun

A woman who rules a country because she has been born into a family which by tradition or law has the right to rule, or the title given to such a woman

Usage examples:

Queen elizabeth ii, the reigning queen of crime writers, a beauty queen, the queen of hearts, a que…