Definition of Queen

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Definition of Queen

Queen

The wife of a king.

A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots.

A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc.

The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites.

The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen.

A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.

A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing.

To act the part of a queen.

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.

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Queen Quotations

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

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

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

Boy George is all England needs - another queen who can't dress.
Joan Rivers

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

When the whole point of Queen was to be original.
Freddie Mercury

You know, I designed the Queen crest. I simply combined all the creatures that represent our star signs-and I don't even believe in astrology.
Freddie Mercury

Years ago, I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name. But it's regal, obviously, and -sounds splendid.
Freddie Mercury

We've gone overboard on every Queen album. But that's Queen.
Freddie Mercury

I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being queen of this country.
Princess Diana

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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