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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.
Translations: - Dutch: wijfjeskat , poes , kattin (Flemish)
- Finnish: naaraskissa(fi)
- French: folle(fr)f
- German: Tunte(de)f
- Italian: gatta(it)f
- Spanish: reina(es)f
verb
- to make a queen
- (chess) to convert a pawn into a queen
Translations: Etymology: quene, from cwen, cwÄn or cwene
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