What does Queen mean?
Definitions for Queen
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Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Queen.
Princeton's WordNet
queen(noun)
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
queen, queen regnant, female monarch(noun)
a female sovereign ruler
queen(noun)
the wife or widow of a king
queen(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"
king, queen, world-beater(noun)
a competitor who holds a preeminent position
queen(noun)
one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
queen(noun)
(chess) the most powerful piece
queen, queen mole rat(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
tabby, queen(verb)
female cat
queen(verb)
promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
queen(verb)
become a queen
"her pawn queened"
Wiktionary
queen(Noun)
A female monarch. Example: Queen Victoria
Etymology: From quene, from cwen, cwene. The same Middle English word also yielded quean. Ultimately from kwēniz, from gʷḗn.
queen(Noun)
The wife or widow of a king. Example: Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
Etymology: From quene, from cwen, cwene. The same Middle English word also yielded quean. Ultimately from kwēniz, from gʷḗn.
queen(Noun)
The most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
Etymology: From quene, from cwen, cwene. The same Middle English word also yielded quean. Ultimately from kwēniz, from gʷḗn.
queen(Noun)
A playing card with the picture of a queen on its face, the twelfth card in a given suit.
Etymology: From quene, from cwen, cwene. The same Middle English word also yielded quean. Ultimately from kwēniz, from gʷḗn.
queen(Noun)
A powerful or forceful female person.
Etymology: From quene, from cwen, cwene. The same Middle English word also yielded quean. Ultimately from kwēniz, from gʷḗn.
queen(Noun)
An effeminate male homosexual. See drag queen.
Etymology: From quene, from cwen, cwene. The same Middle English word also yielded quean. Ultimately from kwēniz, from gʷḗn.
queen(Noun)
A reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.
Etymology: From quene, from cwen, cwene. The same Middle English word also yielded quean. Ultimately from kwēniz, from gʷḗn.
queen(Noun)
An adult female cat valued for breeding. See tom.
Etymology: From quene, from cwen, cwene. The same Middle English word also yielded quean. Ultimately from kwēniz, from gʷḗn.
queen(Verb)
to make a queen
Etymology: From quene, from cwen, cwene. The same Middle English word also yielded quean. Ultimately from kwēniz, from gʷḗn.
queen(Verb)
to promote a pawn, usually to a queen.
Etymology: From quene, from cwen, cwene. The same Middle English word also yielded quean. Ultimately from kwēniz, from gʷḗn.
queen(Verb)
To sit on the face of (a partner) to receive oral sex.
Etymology: From quene, from cwen, cwene. The same Middle English word also yielded quean. Ultimately from kwēniz, from gʷḗn.
Queen(ProperNoun)
A title given to queens.
Queen Elizabeth II
Etymology: From quene, from cwen, cwene. The same Middle English word also yielded quean. Ultimately from kwēniz, from gʷḗn.
Webster Dictionary
Queen(noun)
the wife of a king
Etymology: [OE. quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. cwn wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. qun wife, woman, Icel. kvn wife, queen, Goth. qns. 221. See Quean.]
Queen(noun)
a woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots
Etymology: [OE. quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. cwn wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. qun wife, woman, Icel. kvn wife, queen, Goth. qns. 221. See Quean.]
Queen(noun)
a woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc
Etymology: [OE. quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. cwn wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. qun wife, woman, Icel. kvn wife, queen, Goth. qns. 221. See Quean.]
Queen(noun)
the fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites
Etymology: [OE. quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. cwn wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. qun wife, woman, Icel. kvn wife, queen, Goth. qns. 221. See Quean.]
Queen(noun)
the most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen
Etymology: [OE. quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. cwn wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. qun wife, woman, Icel. kvn wife, queen, Goth. qns. 221. See Quean.]
Queen(noun)
a playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades
Etymology: [OE. quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. cwn wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. qun wife, woman, Icel. kvn wife, queen, Goth. qns. 221. See Quean.]
Queen(noun)
a male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing
Etymology: [OE. quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. cwn wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. qun wife, woman, Icel. kvn wife, queen, Goth. qns. 221. See Quean.]
Queen(verb)
to act the part of a queen
Etymology: [OE. quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. cwn wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. qun wife, woman, Icel. kvn wife, queen, Goth. qns. 221. See Quean.]
Queen(verb)
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
Etymology: [OE. quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. cwn wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. qun wife, woman, Icel. kvn wife, queen, Goth. qns. 221. See Quean.]
Freebase
Queen
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon, and Roger Taylor. Queen's earliest works were influenced by progressive rock, hard rock and heavy metal, but the band gradually ventured into more conventional and radio-friendly works, incorporating further diverse styles into their music. Before joining Queen, Brian May and Roger Taylor had been playing together in a band named Smile with bassist Tim Staffell. Freddie Mercury was a fan of Smile, and encouraged them to experiment with more elaborate stage and recording techniques after Staffell's departure in 1970. Mercury himself joined the band shortly thereafter, changed the name of the band to "Queen", and adopted his familiar stage name. John Deacon was recruited prior to recording their eponymous debut album. Queen enjoyed success in the UK with their debut and its follow-up, Queen II, but it was the release of Sheer Heart Attack and A Night at the Opera that gained the band international success. The latter featured "Bohemian Rhapsody", which stayed at number one in the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks; it charted at number one in several other territories, and gave the band their first top ten hit on the US Billboard Hot 100. Their 1977 album, News of the World, contained two of rock's most recognisable anthems, "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions". By the early 1980s, Queen were one of the biggest stadium rock bands in the world, and their performance at 1985's Live Aid is regarded as one of the greatest in rock history. In 1991, Mercury died of bronchopneumonia, a complication of AIDS, and Deacon retired in 1997. Since then, May and Taylor have infrequently performed together, including a collaboration with Paul Rodgers under the name Queen + Paul Rodgers which ended in May 2009.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Queen
kwēn, 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. [A.S. cwén; Goth. kwēns, Ice. kván, kvæn.]
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
QUEEN
One entitled to rule a nation, make up a deck, or beat a knave.
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Entomology
Queen
the actively reproducing female among worker insects.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Queen' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1339
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Queen' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1902
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Queen' in Nouns Frequency: #598
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Queen in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Queen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of Queen in a Sentence
The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone who can speak or write to join in checking this mad, wicked folly of Woman's Rights with all its attendant horrors on which her poor, feeble sex is bent, forgetting every sense of womanly feeling and propriety.
God almighty is awesome and all-powerful indeed. In fact, he (God) should not be underestimated by anyone. Because, he (God) has a track record of making the so called common people Great and he equally has a track record of making the so called ordinary people Extraordinary. Now that is to say, he (God) can make you (your own self) Great and Extraordinary overnight, regardless of your family background and academic qualifications. As a matter of fact, he (God) made Esther (an Orphan) a Queen in a foreign country, just like he made Barack Obama (a Kenyan) President of the United states of America, as well he made Joseph the general overseer also in a foreign nation just to prove that with him (God) everything is possible. Thus, you've got to stop underestimating God (come what may). ~Emeasoba George
( Getty) The third film of 2021, after Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which director Scott Derrickson said will be Marvels first horror movie, is perhaps the most anticipated, however : Thor 4. Portman, who played Jane in the first two Thor films, will be remerging as the female Thor. She ran out on stage to thunderous applause and accepted the hammer from a kneeling Taika Waititi. Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson, who alluded to Tessa Thompson character, Valkyrie, identifying as LGBTQ, will also be returning for the Waititi-directed Thor : Love and Thunder, which is set for release on Nov. 2, 2021. As new king [ of Asgard ], Tessa Thompson needs to find Tessa Thompson queen, that will be the first order of business !
Will Mondrick, the boxer, is based on a real boxer of the time, and there were lots of rumours -- and lots of historians still say -- that Queen Charlotte was mixed race. The fact that we haven't seen these stories told before seems insane to me.
A woman wants to rule like a queen by involving herself in all activities of the house; and a man who fools oneself says often that she is multitasking to manage everything well.
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- ملكةArabic
- královnaCzech
- dronningDanish
- KGerman
- βασίλισσαGreek
- reĝinoEsperanto
- reinaSpanish
- ملکهPersian
- kuningatarFinnish
- reineFrench
- banríonIrish
- रानीHindi
- királynőHungarian
- թագուհիArmenian
- ratuIndonesian
- reginaItalian
- מלכהHebrew
- 女王Japanese
- ರಾಣಿKannada
- 퀸Korean
- reginaLatin
- koninginDutch
- dronningNorwegian
- królowaPolish
- rainhaPortuguese
- reginăRomanian
- КоролеваRussian
- drottningSwedish
- ராணிTamil
- రాణిTelugu
- พระราชินีThai
- kraliçeTurkish
- королеваUkrainian
- ملکہUrdu
- nữ hoàngVietnamese
- מאַלקעYiddish
- 女王Chinese
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