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queen

noun

1 queen

The only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs.

Roget 373: man, male, he, him; manhood etc. (adolescence) 131; gentleman, sir, master; sahib; yeoman, wight, ... show more

Dutch: wijfjeskat, koningin
Polish: matka, królowa matka

2 queen

A female sovereign ruler.

synonyms: female monarch, queen regnant.

Dutch: koningin
Polish: królowa

3 queen

The wife or widow of a king.

Dutch: dame, vorstin, koningin

4 queen

Something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind.

5 queen

A competitor who holds a preeminent position.

synonyms: king, world-beater.

Roget 745: master, padrone; lord, lord paramount; commander, commandant; captain; chief, chieftain; sirdar, sachem, sheik, head, senior, ... show more

Roget 840: amusement, entertainment, recreation, fun, game, fun and games; diversion, divertissement; reaction, solace; pastime, passetemps [Fr.], sport; ... show more

Polish: lider, przodownik, leader

6 queen

Offensive term for a homosexual man.

synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queer.

Dutch: flikker, Hagenaar, holtor, mietje, nicht, poot, reetkever, Utrechtenaar
Polish: pedał, ciota, pedzio

7 queen

One of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen.

Dutch: dame, vrouw, koningin
Polish: dama

8 queen

chess The most powerful piece.

Dutch: poes, dame, koningin
Polish: hetman, dama, królówka, królowa

9 queen

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.

synonym: queen mole rat.

Dutch: miss, schoonheidskoningin

10 queen

Female cat.

synonym: tabby.

Polish: kotka, kocica

verb

1 queen

Promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess.

2 queen

Become a queen.


Moby thesaurus: Kaiserin, ace, ant, army ant, auntie, beauty queen, bee, begum, best bower, bi-guy, bisexual, bishop, black ant, bower, bull dyke, bumblebee, butch, cards, carpenter ant, castle ... show more.

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