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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024queen•ing (kwē′ning),USA pronunciation n. [Chess.]- Chesspromotion (def. 6).
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024queen /kwin/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Governmenta female ruler or monarch.
- Governmentthe wife of a king.
- a woman, or something thought of as a woman, considered pre-eminent in some way:a beauty queen; Athens, the queen of the Aegean.
- Slang Terms(usually disparaging and offensive).
- a flamboyantly feminine male homosexual.
- a playing card bearing a picture of a queen.
- Chessthe most powerful chess piece of either color, able to be moved across any number of empty squares in a straight line in any direction.
- Insectsa female ant, bee, termite, or wasp capable of laying eggs.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024queen (kwēn),USA pronunciation n. - Governmenta female sovereign or monarch.
- Governmentthe wife or consort of a king.
- a woman, or something personified as a woman, that is foremost or preeminent in any respect:a movie queen;a beauty queen;Athens, the queen of the Aegean.
- Slang Terms(disparaging and offensive).
- a male homosexual, esp. one who is flamboyantly campy.
- See drag queen.
- a playing card bearing a picture of a queen.
- Chessthe most powerful piece of either color, moved across any number of empty squares in any direction.
- Insects[Entomol.]a fertile female ant, bee, termite, or wasp.
- a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter Q.
v.i. - Governmentto reign as queen.
- to behave in an imperious or pretentious manner (usually fol. by it).
- Chessto become promoted to a queen.
- Gmc *kwēni-; akin to Old Irish ben, Greek gyné̄ woman, Russian zhená, Sanskrit jani wife
- bef. 900; Middle English quene, quen, Old English cwēn woman, queen; cognate with Old Saxon quān, Old Norse kvān, Gothic qēns
- Biographical Ellery, joint pen name of Manfred Bennington Lee and Frederic Dannay.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: queen /kwiːn/ n - a female sovereign who is the official ruler or head of state
- the wife or widow of a king
- a woman or a thing personified as a woman considered the best or most important of her kind: a beauty queen, the queen of ocean liners
- slang an effeminate male homosexual
- the only fertile female in a colony of social insects, such as bees, ants, and termites, from the eggs of which the entire colony develops
- an adult female cat
- one of four playing cards in a pack, one for each suit, bearing the picture of a queen
- a chess piece, theoretically the most powerful piece, able to move in a straight line in any direction or diagonally, over any number of squares
vb - to promote (a pawn) to a queen when it reaches the eighth rank
- (transitive) to crown as queen
- (intransitive) to reign as queen
- queen it ⇒ (often followed by over) informal to behave in an overbearing manner
Etymology: Old English cwēn; related to Old Saxon quān wife, Old Norse kvæn, Gothic qēns wife |