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| NOUN | 1 | queen | The only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites |
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| 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 | |
| 5 | queen, king, world-beater | A competitor who holds a preeminent position | |
| 6 | queen, fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queer, poof, poove, pouf | Offensive terms for an openly 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 | queen, tabby | Female cat | |
| VERB | 1 | queen | Promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess |
| 2 | queen | Become a queen |
| Sounds | kwiy'n |
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| Rhymes | Aberdeen, Abilene, acetylcholine, and 183 more rhymes in iyn... |
| Meaning | The only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites. Its function is to lay eggs. |
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| Broader | insect |
| Narrower | queen bee |
| Meaning | A female sovereign ruler. |
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| Synonyms | queen regnant, female monarch |
| Contrary | king, male monarch, Rex |
| Member of | royalty, royal family, royal line, royal house |
| Broader | female aristocrat |
| Narrower | Queen of England |
| Instances | Cleopatra; Isabella, Queen Isabella, Isabella I, Isabella the Catholic; Liliuokalani, Lydia Kamekeha Paki Liliuokalani; Mary Queen of Scots, Mary Stuart |
| Adjectives | queenly; queenly |
| Meaning | The wife or widow of a king. |
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| Member of | royalty, royal family, royal line, royal house |
| Broader | female aristocrat |
| Narrower | queen consort; queen dowager; queen regent |
| Instances | Boleyn, Anne Boleyn; Catherine de Medicis; Eleanor of Aquitaine; Esther; Howard, Catherine Howard; Jezebel; Marie Antoinette; Nefertiti; Parr, Catherine Parr; Seymour, Jane Seymour |
| Adjectives | queenly; queenly |
| Meaning | Something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind. |
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| Examples | "Paris is the queen of cities"; "the queen of ocean liners" |
| Broader | personification |
| Meaning | A competitor who holds a preeminent position. |
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| Synonyms | king, world-beater |
| Broader | rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender |
| Meaning | Offensive terms for an openly homosexual man. |
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| Synonyms | fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queer, poof, poove, pouf |
| Broader | gay man, shirtlifter |
| Meaning | One of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen. |
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| Member of | pack of cards, deck of cards, deck |
| Broader | face card, picture card, court card |
| Meaning | (chess) the most powerful piece. |
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| Category | chess, chess game |
| Broader | chessman, chess piece |
| Verbs | queen; queen |
| Meaning | 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. |
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| Synonyms | queen mole rat |
| Broader | naked mole rat |
| Meaning | Female cat. |
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| Synonyms | tabby |
| Broader | domestic cat, house cat, Felis domesticus, Felis catus |
| Meaning | Promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | promote |
| Nouns | queen |
| Meaning | Become a queen. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Examples | "her pawn queened" |
| Category | chess, chess game |
| Broader | promote |
| Nouns | queen |
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