queen

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The wife, consort, or widow of a king.

   • The divorced king was looking for a new queen.
   • The king doth keepe his Reuels here to night. Take heede the Queene come not within his ſight.
2. 2

   A female monarch.

3. 3

   A woman whose pre-eminence, power, or forcefulness is comparable to that of a queen.

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   1. 4

      Something regarded as the greatest of its kind or as having pre-eminence or power…

      Something regarded as the greatest of its kind or as having pre-eminence or power comparable to that of a queen over a given area.

      • Thare saw I May, of myrthfull monethis quene.
      • The foregoing eleven chapters of criticism were but preludes to an assertion: of theology as itself a social science, and the queen of the sciences for the inhabitants of the altera civitas, on pilgrimage through this temporary world.
   2. 5

      Referring to one of several items used in tabletop games

      Referring to one of several items used in tabletop games:

      • For this cauſe that when he [the pawn] can procede so well in warre, as to arriue at the laſte rancke of hys enemies, he is choſen and made the beſt piece of the playe, to wit, he is the Quene.
   3. 6

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

      • Each time a worker shakes the queen, she grasps the queen with her forelegs and shakes her own body for a second or so, delivering 10 to 20 vigorous shakings of the queen […]
   4. 7

      A type of flatfish, specifically the lemon sole.

   5. 8

      A queen apple.

   6. 9

      A queen scallop.

   7. 10

      Ellipsis of queen post.

      • Truss framed with King Posts […] Do. with Kings and Queens.
   8. 11

      A type of large roofing slate.

   9. 12

      A homosexual man, especially one who is effeminate or flaming.

      • […] operator Charles Zipf described the "feminine" attire found in Gianelli’s room, reported his description of other "queens," and passed on "Salome's" admission of having had sex with men from the U.S.S. Baltimore.
      • But she's a queen, and such are queens that your laughter is sucked in their brains
   10. 13

       An adult female cat capable of breeding.

       • A few outdoor houses for the queens are used.
       • When your queen has returned from the stud it is always advisable to keep her shut up until all restlessness has left her.
   11. 14

       Ellipsis of queen olive.

       • The combined quantity of Queens and Manzanillas to be pickled from the 1935 olive crop in the Seville District of Spain is estimated at 32,500 short tons, according to a report received from N. I. Nielsen, Agricultural Attaché at Paris.
       • Prices for the two main types of Spanish style green olives - manzanillas and queens - vary according to the size of the crop of each. In some years queens will be more expensive than manzanillas […]
   12. 15

       Ellipsis of drag queen.

       • Since exposure plays a major role in the success of a queen, even those performers who do not win a Talent Night can obtain bookings by the bar and establish a reputation.
       • "I mean, it's not for everyone. And there's definitely good drag and bad drag. […] But I did learn a lot about myself and what I wanted from my life from some of the queens I used to know."
   13. 16

       Pertaining to a queen-size bed or queen-size bedding.

       • Ad Hoc Softwares has bright hand-blocked floral cotton bed linens from India, including flat full/queen sheets, were $85, now $51; standard pillowcases, were $18 each, now $10.80 […]
   14. 17

       A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp., especially Danaus gilippus).

   15. 18

       To act the part of a queen

       To act the part of a queen; to behave imperiously; to queen it.

   16. 19

       To make a queen or (figuratively) to give the status of a queen.

       • This dreame of mine / Being now awake, Ile Queene it no inch farther, / But milke my Ewes, and weepe.
   17. 20

       To promote a pawn to a queen.

   18. 21

       To be the queen bee of a colony.

       • They have all been queened by imported stock, or the best of home-bred mothers.
       • The nucleus should not be queened by a queen from any of the parent colonies.
   19. 22

       To provide with a new queen bee.

       • In queening his apiary, he aims to keep about half of the queens of the current season's rearing, and the other of the summer preceding.
       • If such a queen is immediately allowed to run through the entrance of a queenless colony, the queening is usually successful.
       • Once you have introduced the queen, the first three steps of the capture have been completed, namely: blocking the tree, providing an alternate home, and queening the colony.
   20. 23

       To sit on a person’s face to receive oral sex, typically while straddling the person’s…

       To sit on a person’s face to receive oral sex, typically while straddling the person’s head.

       • She saw his pink tongue flickering on Clare's exposed nympha as she queened him, her love juices shining on his chin and throat[…]
   21. 24

       Alternative letter-case form of queen (“consort or widow of a king”).

   22. 25

       Alternative letter-case form of queen (“female monarch”).

   23. 26

       A title used before the personal name of a queen.

       • Queen Elizabeth II
   24. 27

       radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter Q.

   25. 28

       Alternative letter-case form of queen (“Virgin Mary”).

   26. 29

       In Commonwealth realms, the personification of the Crown, particularly in legal matters.

       • Her Majesty the Queen v. John Smith, style of cause of a criminal case.
   27. 30

       A surname transferred from the nickname, originating as a nickname.

   28. 31

       An unincorporated community in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States, named after the…

       An unincorporated community in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States, named after the Queen Ranch.

   29. 32

       An unincorporated community in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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