queen, n.
(queens)
freq. cnt. 21
(queens)
freq. cnt. 21
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
<noun.animal> freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 16
queen
a female sovereign ruler
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4
female monarch queen queen regnant
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the wife or widow of a king
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
queen
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female cat
<noun.animal>
queen tabby
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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
<noun.animal>
queen queen mole rat
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(chess) the most powerful piece
<noun.artifact>
queen
one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
<noun.artifact>
queen
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offensive term for a homosexual man
<noun.person>
fag faggot fagot fairy nance pansy poof poove pouf queen queer
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a competitor who holds a preeminent position
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
king queen world-beater
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something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind
<noun.person>
queen
sample sentences
"Paris is the queen of cities""the queen of ocean liners"
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