queen
noun
1. the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
Definition categories: animal, insect
2. a female sovereign ruler
Definition categories: person
3. the wife or widow of a king
Definition categories: person
4. something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind
- Paris is the queen of cities
- the queen of ocean liners
Definition categories: person, personification
5. a competitor who holds a preeminent position
Similar word(s): king
Definition categories: person, challenger, competition, competitor, contender, rival
6. offensive term for a homosexual man
Similar word(s): fairy, pansy, poof, pouf
Definition categories: person, gay, homophile, homosexual
7. one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
Definition categories: man–made
8. (chess) the most powerful piece
Definition categories: man–made, chessman
9. 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
Definition categories: animal
10. female cat
Similar word(s): tabby
Definition categories: animal
Sentences with queen as a noun:
- Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother