Queen
[kwiːn] or [kwin]
Definition
(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.
(noun.) (chess) the most powerful piece.
(noun.) one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen.
(noun.) a female sovereign ruler.
(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; 'Paris is the queen of cities'; 'the queen of ocean liners'.
(verb.) become a queen; 'her pawn queened'.
(verb.) promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess.
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Definition
(n.) The wife of a king.
(n.) A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots.
(n.) A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc.
(n.) The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites.
(n.) The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen.
(n.) A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.
(n.) A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing.
(v. i.) To act the part of a queen.
(v. i.) To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn.
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Definition
n. the wife of a king: a female sovereign: the best or chief of her kind: a queen-bee or queen-ant: of playing-cards one with the queen painted on it: the piece in chess which is the most deadly in attack.—v.i. to play the queen.—ns. Queen′-app′le Queen′ing the name of several varieties of apple; Queen′-bee the sole female of a bee-hive considerably larger than an ordinary bee; Queen′-con′sort the wife of the reigning sovereign—opp. to Queen′-reg′nant holding the crown in her own right; Queen′craft craft or policy on the part of a queen; Queen′dom queenly rule or dignity: the realm of a queen; Queen′-dow′ager the widow of a deceased king; Queen′hood the state of being a queen; Queen′let a petty queen.—adjs. Queen′-like Queen′ly like a queen: becoming or suitable to a queen.—n. Queen′liness.—adv. Queen′ly like a queen.—ns. Queen′-moth′er a queen-dowager the mother of the reigning king or queen; Queen′-of-the-mead′ows the meadow-sweet; Queen′-post (archit.) one of two upright posts in a trussed roof resting upon the tie-beam and supporting the principal rafters; Queen′-rē′gent a queen who reigns as regent; Queen's′-arm a musket; Queen′ship the state condition or dignity of a queen; Queen′-stitch a square or chequer pattern in embroidery stitch.—Queen Anne's Bounty a fund for augmenting the incomes of the poorer clergy of England set aside in 1703; Queen Anne style (archit.) the style popular in the early part of the 18th century the buildings plain and simple with classic cornices and details and frequently with large windows divided by mullions; Queen of heaven a title often given to the goddess Astarte or Ashtoreth: among Roman Catholics a title for the Virgin Mary; Queen of the May=May-queen (see May); * Queen's Bench (court of: see King); * Queen's colour one of the pair of colours belonging to each regiment in our army; * Queen's counsel (see Counsel); * Queen's English correct use of the English language; * Queen's evidence (see Evident); * Queen's messenger (see Message); Queen's metal an alloy consisting chiefly of tin; Queen's tobacco pipe the facetious designation of a peculiarly shaped kiln which used to be situated at the corner of the tobacco warehouses belonging to the London Docks and in which contraband goods were burned; Queen's ware a variety of Wedgwood ware otherwise known as cream-coloured ware; Queen's yellow the yellow subsulphate of mercury.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a queen, foretells succesful{sic} ventures. If she looks old or haggard, there will be disappointments connected with your pleasures. See Empress.
Typist: Miguel
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king and through whom it is ruled when there is not.
Editor: Marilyn
Unserious Contents or Definition
One entitled to rule a nation, make up a deck, or beat a knave.
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Examples
- But the queen had before contrived another project. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The main body of the building is of the time of that highly-overrated woman, Queen Elizabeth. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Similarly, it might be said that the dress was the Queen of Dresses. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I am disposed to be as content as a queen, and you try to stir me up to restlessness! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Like a child or like a queen? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The constitution which this act established, was allowed to subsist for about two-and-twenty years, but was abolished by the 10th of queen Anne, ch. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Know that a petition was presented to the King and Queen. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The story of the piano, that queen of musical instruments, involves the whole history of the art of music. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Let us be set down at Queen's Crawley without further divagation, and see how Miss Rebecca Sharp speeds there. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Master Allan Stewart, friend to Captain James Stewart of Cardonall, by means of the Queen's corrupted court, obtained the Abbey of Crossraguel. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- She sat like a strange queen, almost supernatural in her glowing smiling richness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Intense loyalty to the queen mother is apparent in all their activities and arrangements. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I cannot be imposed upon any more by that picture of the Queen of Sheba visiting Solomon. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- A boon', a boon', quoth Earl' Mar-shal', And fell' on his bend'-ded knee', That what'-so-e'er' the queen' shall say', No harm' there-of' may be'. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- In the queen's cell were two National Guards. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Queens of society can't get on without money, so you mean to make a good match, and start in that way? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Mr Milvey smiled again, as he remarked to himself 'Those kings and queens were always wishing for children. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But, like the Kings and Queens in the Fairy Tales, I suppose you have wished for one? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It's what they do to queens. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She half suspected that queens in themselves were a silliness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Two fine examples of this type are found, one in a bridge across the Niagara adjacent to the suspension bridge above described and one across the river Forth at Queens Ferry in Scotland. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without self-respect and peace. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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