| NOUN | animal | queen | the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites |
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| person | queen, queen regnant, female monarch | a female sovereign ruler | |
| person | queen | the wife or widow of a king | |
| person | queen | something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind | |
| person | queen, king, world-beater | a competitor who holds a preeminent position | |
| person | queen, fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queer, poof, poove, pouf | offensive term for an openly homosexual man | |
| artifact | queen | one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen / queen | |
| artifact | queen | (chess) the most powerful piece | |
| animal | 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 | |
| animal | queen, tabby | female cat | |
| VERB | social | queen | promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess |
| motion | queen | become a queen |
| Sounds | kwiy'n | |
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| Rhymes | Aberdeen ... wolverine / Wolverine: 192 rhymes with 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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| Narrower | queen bee | fertile egg-laying female bee |
| Broader | insect | small air-breathing arthropod |
| Spanish | reina | |
| Catalan | reina | |
| Meaning | A female sovereign ruler. | |
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| Synonyms | queen regnant, female monarch | |
| Instances | Cleopatra | beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt |
| Isabella, Queen Isabella, Isabella I, Isabella the Catholic | The queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain | |
| Liliuokalani, Lydia Kamekeha Paki Liliuokalani | queen of the Hawaiian islands (1838-1917) | |
| Mary Queen of Scots, Mary Stuart | queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567 | |
| Member of | royalty, royal family, royal line, royal house | royal persons collectively |
| Narrower | Queen of England | The sovereign ruler of England |
| Broader | female aristocrat | A woman who is an aristocrat |
| Opposite | king, male monarch, Rex | A male sovereign |
| Spanish | monarca, reina, soberana reinante | |
| Catalan | monarca, reina | |
| Adjectives | queenly | having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen / queen |
| Meaning | Something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind. | |
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| Broader | personification | A person who represents an abstract quality |
| Meaning | A competitor who holds a preeminent position. | |
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| Synonyms | king, world-beater | |
| Broader | rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender | The contestant you hope to defeat |
| Spanish | campeón del mundo, King, plusmarquista mundial | |
| Catalan | campió del món, King, plusmarquista mundial | |
| Meaning | Offensive term for an openly homosexual man. | |
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| Synonyms | fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queer, poof, poove, pouf | |
| Broader | homosexual, homophile, homo, gay | someone who practices homosexuality |
| Usage of | disparagement, depreciation, derogation | A communication that belittles somebody or something |
| Spanish | bujarra, bujarrón, loca, marica, maricón, mariposa, mariposón, moña, pluma, puto, queer, sarasa | |
| Catalan | fada, marica, maricó, marieta, monya | |
| Meaning | One of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen / queen. | |
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| Member of | pack of cards, deck of cards, deck | A pack of 52 playing cards |
| Broader | face card, picture card, court card | One of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face |
| Spanish | reina | |
| Catalan | reina | |
| Meaning | (chess) the most powerful piece. | |
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| Category | chess, chess game | A board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules |
| Broader | chessman, chess piece | Any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game / game of chess |
| Spanish | dama, reina | |
| Catalan | dama, reina | |
| Verbs | queen | become a queen |
| queen | promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess | |
| 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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| Synonym | queen mole rat | |
| Broader | naked mole rat | fetal-looking colonial rodent of East Africa |
| Catalan | reina | |
| Meaning | female cat. | |
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| Synonym | tabby | |
| Broader | domestic cat, house cat, Felis domesticus, Felis catus | Any domesticated member of the genus Felis |
| Spanish | gata, reina | |
| Catalan | gata | |
| Meaning | Promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | promote | change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent |
| Spanish | hacer dama, hacer reina | |
| Nouns | queen | (chess) the most powerful piece |
| Meaning | Become a queen. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "her pawn queened" | |
| Category | chess, chess game | A board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules |
| Broader | promote | Be changed for a superior / superior chess or checker piece |
| Nouns | queen | (chess) the most powerful piece |
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