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Queen

noun

1.

The only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs.

2.

A female sovereign ruler. Synonyms: female monarch, queen regnant.

3.

The wife or widow of a king.

4.

Something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind. "The queen of ocean liners"

5.

A competitor who holds a preeminent position. Synonyms: king, world-beater.

6.

Offensive term for an openly homosexual man. Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queer.

7.

One of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen.

8.

(chess) the most powerful piece.

9.

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. Synonym: queen mole rat.

10.

Female cat. Synonym: tabby.

verb

(past & past part. queened; pres. part. queening)

1.

Promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess.

2.

Become a queen.

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"Queen" Quotes from Famous Books

... one great Queen who sits in majesty, Untouched, austere, upon a golden throne, The like whose loveliness was never known Of ebony and rose and ivory,— For her you weave a broidered tapestry, Rife with rich stains of every color-tone Inwrought; while she immovable ...

— The Rose-Jar • Thomas S. (Thomas Samuel) Jones

... sorrow, because no appeal to it seemed possible: it had a heartless quality. But again it was a relief when it distracted one from the pressure of a troubled thought, as when, in the Idylls of the King, the sorrowful queen was comforted by the little maiden "who pleased her with a babbling heedlessness, which often lured ...

— At Large • Arthur Christopher Benson

... and loudly complained that he was altogether unsupported; but all his remonstrances were ineffectual: no remittances arrived; and he returned to England without having been able to attempt any thing of importance. In September, king Charles, leaving his queen at Barcelona, set sail for Italy, and at Milan had an interview with the duke of Savoy, where all disputes were compromised. That prince had forced his way into Savoy and penetrated as far as the Rhine; but ...

— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. - From William and Mary to George II. • Tobias Smollett

... years this famous lady refused to have her photo published. She even went so far as to tell the world so in every "interview" which journalists obtained from her—either regarding her views on "How best to obtain an extra sugar-allowance in war-time," or concerning "Queen Mary's noble example to English women to wear always the same-sort-of-looking hat." This extreme modesty piqued the curiosity of her ten million readers enormously. The ten million, of which I was a member, imagined that she must be too beautiful ...

— Over the Fireside with Silent Friends • Richard King

... in the middle of winter, when the broad flakes of snow were falling around, that a certain queen sat working at her window, the frame of which was made of fine black ebony; and, as she was looking out upon the snow, she pricked her finger, and three drops of blood fell upon it. Then she gazed thoughtfully down on the red drops which ...

— Grimm's Fairy Stories • Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

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