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 ;

2. (

• queen ,
• queen_regnant ,
• female_monarch

) a female sovereign ruler ;

3. (

• queen ,

) the wife or widow of a king ;

4. (

• queen ,

) 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" ;

5. (

• king ,
• queen ,
• world-beater

) a competitor who holds a preeminent position ;

6. (

• fagot ,
• faggot ,
• fag ,
• fairy ,
• nance ,
• pansy ,
• queen ,
• queer ,
• poof ,
• poove ,
• pouf

) offensive term for a homosexual man ;

7. (

• queen ,

) one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen ;

8. (

• queen

) (chess) the most powerful piece ;

9. (

• queen ,
• queen_mole_rat

) 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 ;

10. (

• tabby ,
• queen ,

) female cat ;

1. (

• queen

) promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess ;

2. (

• queen

) become a queen; "her pawn queened" ;