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queen
1[ kween ]
noun
- a female sovereign or monarch.
- the wife or consort of a king.
- a woman, or something personified as a woman, that is foremost or preeminent in any respect:
a movie queen; a beauty queen; Athens, the queen of the Aegean.
- Slang: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a term used to refer to a gay man, especially one who is flamboyantly campy or effeminate.
- a playing card bearing a picture of a queen.
- Chess. the most powerful piece of either color, moved across any number of empty squares in any direction.
- Entomology. a fertile female ant, bee, termite, or wasp.
- a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter Q.
verb (used without object)
- to reign as queen.
- to behave in an imperious or pretentious manner (usually followed by it ).
- Chess. to become promoted to a queen.
Queen
2[ kween ]
noun
- Ellery, joint pen name of Manfred Bennington Lee and Frederick Dannay.
queen
1/ ɾː /
noun
- a female sovereign who is the official ruler or head of state
- the wife or widow of a king
- a woman or a thing personified as a woman considered the best or most important of her kind
a beauty queen
the queen of ocean liners
- slang.an effeminate male homosexual
- the only fertile female in a colony of social insects, such as bees, ants, and termites, from the eggs of which the entire colony develops
- ( as modifier )
a queen bee
- an adult female cat
- one of four playing cards in a pack, one for each suit, bearing the picture of a queen
- a chess piece, theoretically the most powerful piece, able to move in a straight line in any direction or diagonally, over any number of squares
verb
- chess to promote (a pawn) to a queen when it reaches the eighth rank
- tr to crown as queen
- informal.intr (of a gay man) to flaunt one's homosexuality
- intr to reign as queen
- queen it informal.often foll by over to behave in an overbearing manner
Queen
2/ ɾː /
noun
- DannayFrederic19051982M LeeManfred B19051971M Ellery (ˈɛlərɪ). pseudonym of Frederic Dannay (1905–82) and Manfred B. Lee (1905–71), US co-authors of detective novels featuring a sleuth also called Ellery Queen
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Other yvlog Forms
- ܱ· adjective
- ܱ· adjective
- ܲ··ܱ noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of queen1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of queen1
Example Sentences
He also sparred against Hong Kong action star Sammo Hung in several films including “Mr. Nice Guy” and fought alongside martial arts queen Cynthia Rothrock in “China O’Brien,” “Lady Dragon” and more.
In the 30 years since her tragic death, the Tejano queen’s star has never shone brighter.
For much of the production, directed by George C. Wolfe, I was quibbling and quarreling with the reigning queen of Broadway.
This is the first state visit for the king and queen this year.
“I am valuable without a husband. I’m a queen with or without a husband, and so are all women. I firmly believe that.”
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