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Definition of Queen

Queen

  1. The wife of a king.
  2. A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots.
  3. A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc.
  4. The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites.
  5. The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen.
  6. A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.
  7. A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing.
  8. To act the part of a queen.
  9. To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn.

Queen Quotations

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.
Oprah Winfrey

When I played God Bless The Queen, I was wondering if they was gonna dig us, then quite naturally I'd go on and try to get it together.
Jimi Hendrix

I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.
Elizabeth I

It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen.
Dolly Parton

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.
Victor Hugo
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Queen Translations

queen in Afrikaans is dam
queen in Danish is dame
queen in Dutch is lady, dam, vrouw, jonkvrouw
queen in French is reine, dame
queen in Italian is regina
queen in Latin is regina
queen in Norwegian is dronning
queen in Portuguese is rainha
queen in Spanish is reina
queen in Swedish is drottning

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