queen

/kwˈin/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
a female sovereign ruler
the wife or widow of a king
something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind
“Paris is the queen of cities”
a competitor who holds a preeminent position
offensive term for a homosexual man
one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
(chess) the most powerful piece
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
female cat

verb

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