·noun The wife of a king.
II. Queen ·vi To act the part of a queen.
III. Queen ·noun A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.
IV. Queen ·noun The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites.
V. Queen ·noun A male homosexual, ·esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing.
VI. Queen ·noun The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen.
VII. Queen ·noun A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots.
VIII. Queen ·vi 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.
IX. Queen ·noun A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society;
- also used figuratively of cities, countries, ·etc.