noun
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites
Examples
- its function is to lay eggs
noun
a female sovereign ruler
Synonyms
queen regnant
female monarch
noun
the wife or widow of a king
noun
something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind
Examples
- Paris is the queen of cities
- the queen of ocean liners
noun
a competitor who holds a preeminent position
Synonyms
noun
offensive term for a homosexual man
Synonyms
noun
one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
noun
(chess) the most powerful piece
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
Synonyms
queen mole rat
verb
promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
verb
become a queen
Examples
- her pawn queened