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queen

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English definition

    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

  • 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;

    • "Paris is the queen of cities"
    • "the queen of ocean liners"
  • 5. a competitor who holds a preeminent position

  • 6. offensive terms for an openly homosexual man

  • 7. one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen

  • 8. (chess) the most powerful piece

  • 9. especially large and only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring sired by only a few males

  • 10. female cat

    Verb

  • 1. promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess

  • 2. become a queen;

    • "her pawn queened"

Example sentences

  • The Queen decorated the soldier.

  • Are you all watching out? The Queen will come this way in a few minutes!

  • They are the descendants of Queen Victoria.

  • He is a descendent of Queen Victoria.

  • The present Queen succeeded to the throne upon the death of her father.

  • They saluted the Queen by firing 1000 guns.

  • London is the queen of British cities.

  • The band are playing this song by request of the Queen.

  • Athens is often called the queen of the Aegean.

  • The Queen was feted everywhere she went.

  • The queen bee is likely to mate with two or three drones.

  • The fairy king and queen were contending over possession of the cat.

  • The Queen laid a poppy wreath at the war memorial.

  • The Queen is in residence here this week.

  • The population turned out to welcome the Queen.

  • The queen created him a peer.

  • The Queen will make the presentation herself.

  • Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee celebrations

  • to be crowned queen

  • Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

  • The Queen unveiled a plaque to mark the official opening of the hospital.

  • Queen Mary started the fashion for blue and white china in England.

  • Most people think the Queen has done a good job over the last 50 years.

  • Garbo plays the Queen, rejoicing in the love she has found with Antonio.

  • The Queen unveiled a commemorative plaque.

  • Now she is busy finishing off a biography of Queen Caroline.

  • If a new leader emerged, it would then be for the Queen to invite him to form a government.

  • He was underwhelmed by the prospect of meeting the Queen.

  • We were taught how to curtsy to the Queen.

Phrase collocation

  • queen it

    To act like a queen; domineer

    • queens it over the whole family.

Slang

  • closet queen(=closet queer)

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