queen

queen
queen1 W2S2 [kwi:n] n
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1¦(ruler)¦
2¦(card)¦
3 the queen of something
4¦(competition)¦
5¦(insect)¦
6 queen bee
7¦(homosexual)¦
8¦(chess)¦
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[: Old English; Origin: cwen 'woman, queen']
1.) ¦(RULER)¦ also Queen
a) the female ruler of a country
→↑king queen of
▪ Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt
▪ Queen Elizabeth
▪ At eighteen, Victoria was crowned queen (=officially became ruler) .
b) the wife of a king
▪ the future queen
2.) ¦(CARD)¦
a playing card with a picture of a queen on it
▪ the queen of diamonds
3.) the queen of sth
the woman or place that is considered the best in a particular area or activity
▪ With 42 albums, she was the queen of pop.
▪ Paris, the queen of fashion
4.) ¦(COMPETITION)¦
AmE the woman who wins a beauty competition, or who is chosen to represent a school, area etc
▪ the carnival queen
5.) ¦(INSECT)¦
a large female ↑bee, ↑ant etc, which lays the eggs for a whole group
6.) queen bee
a woman who behaves as if she is the most important person in a place
7.) ¦(HOMOSEXUAL)¦
taboo informal an offensive word for a male ↑homosexual who behaves very like a woman. Do not use this word.
8.) ¦(CHESS)¦
the most powerful piece in the game of ↑chess
queen 2
queen2 v [T]
1.) technical to change a ↑pawn into a queen in the game of ↑chess
2.) queen it over sb
BrE informal if a woman queens it over other people, she behaves as if she is more important than them, in an annoying way

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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