Definitions for queen
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 4 votes

1. queennoun

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

2. queen, queen regnant, female monarchnoun

   a female sovereign ruler

3. queennoun

   the wife or widow of a king

4. queennoun

   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. king, queen, world-beaternoun

   a competitor who holds a preeminent position

6. queennoun

   one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen

7. queennoun

   (chess) the most powerful piece

8. queen, queen mole ratnoun

   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

9. tabby, queenverb

   female cat

10. queenverb

    promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess

11. queenverb

    become a queen

    "her pawn queened"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. queennoun

   A female monarch. Example: Queen Victoria

2. queennoun

   The wife or widow of a king. Example: Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

3. queennoun

   The most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

4. queennoun

   A playing card with the picture of a queen on its face, the twelfth card in a given suit.

5. queennoun

   A powerful or forceful female person.

6. queennoun

   An effeminate male homosexual. See drag queen.

7. queennoun

   A reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.

8. queennoun

   An adult female cat valued for breeding. See tom.

9. queenverb

   to make a queen

10. queenverb

    to promote a pawn, usually to a queen.

11. queenverb

    To sit on the face of (a partner) to receive oral sex.

12. Queennoun

    A title given to queens.

    Queen Elizabeth II

13. Etymology: From quene, from cwen, cwene. The same Middle English word also yielded quean. Ultimately from kwēniz, from gʷḗn.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Queennoun

   Etymology: cwen , Saxon, a woman, a wife, the wife of a king.

   1. The wife of a king.

   He was lapt
   In a most curious mantle, wrought by the hand
   Of his queen mother. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   2. A woman who is sovereign of a kingdom.

   That queen Elizabeth I lived sixty-nine, and reigned forty-five years, means no more than, that the duration of her existence was equal to sixty-nine, and the duration of her government to forty-five annual revolutions of the sun. John Locke.

   Have I a queen
   Past by my fellow rulers of the world?
   Have I refus’d their blood to mix with yours,
   And raise new kings from so obscure a race? Dryden.

2. To Queenverb

   To play the queen.

   A threepence bow’d would hire me,
   Old as I am, to queen it. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   Of your own state take care: this dream of mine,
   Being now awake, I’ll queen it no inch farther,
   But milk my ewes and weep. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. queen

   A queen is a female ruler or the wife of a king, usually holding a hereditary position of power within a monarchy. She is typically the highest-ranking female in a royal family and may have ceremonial, symbolic, or official duties depending on the specific role and traditions of her country or culture.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Queennoun

   the wife of a king

2. Queennoun

   a woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots

3. Queennoun

   a woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc

4. Queennoun

   the fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites

5. Queennoun

   the most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen

6. Queennoun

   a playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades

7. Queennoun

   a male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing

8. Queenverb

   to act the part of a queen

9. Queenverb

   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

10. 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.]

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. QUEEN

   One entitled to rule a nation, make up a deck, or beat a knave.

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EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Queen

   the actively reproducing female among worker insects.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. QUEEN

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Queen is ranked #1945 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Queen surname appeared 18,557 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 6 would have the surname Queen.
   
   75.4% or 13,996 total occurrences were White.
   18.6% or 3,457 total occurrences were Black.
   2.3% or 444 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.1% or 405 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.8% or 156 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.5% or 100 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Chess
   • Chessman
   • Face Card
   • Female Aristocrat
   • Insect
   • Naked Mole Rat
   • Personification
   • Promote
   • Rival

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'queen' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1339

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'queen' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1902

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'queen' in Nouns Frequency: #598

How to pronounce queen?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say queen in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of queen in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of queen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of queen in a Sentence

1. Robert Morley:

   Robert Morley sat with Wilfred Hyde White, watching the coronation parade of Queen Elizabeth. In an open carriage approached the very large Queen Salote of Tonga. Resplendent in a floral dress and ignoring the rain. "Who do you think that is beside queen Salote?" asked Wilfred, looking down at his program. Robert glanced at the diminutive Tonga ambassador in his top hat and tails and suggested, "her lunch perhaps".

2. Oprah Winfrey:

   Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

3. The Bidens:

   Her Majesty Queen Queen Elizabeth II was more than a monarch. The Queen defined an era, in a world of constant change, The Queen was a steadying presence and a source of comfort and pride for generations of Britons, including many who have never known their country without The Queen. An enduring admiration for Queen Elizabeth II united people across the Commonwealth. The seven decades of Queen Elizabeth II history-making reign bore witness to an age of unprecedented human advancement and the forward march of human dignity. QUEEN ELIZABETH II, LONGEST-REIGNING BRITISH MONARCH, DEAD AT 96 Queen Elizabeth II stands with U.S. President President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden in the Grand Corridor during First Lady Jill Biden visit at Windsor Castle, in Windsor Castle, Britain, June 13, 2021. ( Steve Parsons/Pool via REUTERS).

4. Hugo Vickers:

   I’ve always thought Queen Elizabeth II should be called Elizabeth the Steadfast, i think it’s a perfect way of describing Queen Elizabeth II. Queen Elizabeth II was n’t necessarily expecting to be queen, and Queen Elizabeth II embraced that duty. ’’ As the elder daughter of King George V’s second son, Elizabeth, now 95, was expected to live the life of a minor royal when she was born on April 21, 1926. Dogs and horses, a country house, a suitable match — a comfortable but uneventful life — seemed her future. But everything changed a decade later when King Edward VIII, King Edward VIII, abdicated so King Edward VIII could marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson. Elizabeth’s father became King George VI, making the young princess heir apparent. George VI, whose struggles to overcome a stutter were portrayed in the 2010 film.

5. Oprah Winfrey:

   Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping-stone to greatness.

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