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noun - The seventeenth letter of the Appendix:Roman script, English alphabet, preceded by P and followed by R.
proper noun
- The pseudonym of w:Arthur Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
- Person or being of mysterious or uncertain nature, usually God-like. From Star Trek but may be found elsewhere.
abbreviation
- question or questions
- Q and A
- quarter
- the supposed common source of the Gospels of Mark and Luke (from German Quelle, source)
- the Q factor in electronics
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initialism - quarterback
- (Computing): Quick BASIC
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noun
- A female monarch. Ex: :w:Queen Victoria, Queen Victoria
- The wife of a king. Ex: :w:Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
- (chess) Piece able to move both horizontally and diagonally any number of spaces; most powerful piece.
- (playing cards) Playing card with picture of queen on its face, 12th card in a given suit.
- A powerful or forceful female person.
- (context, derogatory, slang) . An effeminate male homosexual. See Drag queen.
- A reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp
- An adult female cat valued for breeding. See tom.
verb
- to make a queen
- (chess) to convert a pawn into a queen
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