queen Meaning and Definition

1. n. female cat

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

3. n. 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

4. n. (chess) the most powerful piece

5. n. one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen

6. n. offensive terms for an openly homosexual man

7. n. a competitor who holds a preeminent position

8. n. a female sovereign ruler

9. n. the wife or widow of a king

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

11. v. become a queen

12. v. promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess