Queen

n.	1.	The wife of a king.
	2.	A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots. In faith, and by the heaven's quene. - Chaucer.
	3.	A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; - also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc.
	4.	The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites.
	5.	(Chess) The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen.
	6.	A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.
	7.	A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing. Queen apple A kind of apple; a queening. Queen bee (Zool.) a female bee, especially the female of the honeybee. See Honeybee. - Spenser. Queen conch (Zool.) a very large West Indian cameo conch (Cassis cameo). It is much used for making cameos. Queen consort the wife of a reigning king. Queen dowager the widow of a king. - Blackstone. Queen gold formerly a revenue of the queen consort of England, arising from gifts, fines, etc. Queen mother a queen dowager who is also mother of the reigning king or queen. Queen of May See May queen, under May. Queen of the meadow (Bot.) a European herbaceous plant (Spiræa Ulmaria). See Meadowsweet. Queen of the prairie (Bot.) an American herb (Spiræa lobata) with ample clusters of pale pink flowers. Queen pigeon (Zool.) any one of several species of very large and handsome crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, native of New Guinea and the adjacent islands. They are mostly pale blue, or ash-blue, marked with white, and have a large occipital crest of spatulate feathers. Called also crowned pigeon, goura, and Victoria pigeon. Queen regent a queen reigning in her own right. Queen's Bench See King's Bench. Queen's counsel See King's counsel, King's evidence, under King. Queen's delight (Bot.) an American plant (Stillinqia sylvatica) of the Spurge family, having an herbaceous stem and a perennial woody root. Queen's metal (Metal.) an alloy somewhat resembling pewter or britannia, and consisting essentially of tin with a slight admixture of antimony, bismuth, and lead or copper. Queen's pigeon (Zool.) Same as Queen pigeon, above. Queen's ware glazed English earthenware of a cream color. Queen's yellow (Old Chem.) a heavy yellow powder consisting of a basic mercuric sulphate; - formerly called turpetum minerale, or Turbith's mineral.
v. i.	1.	To act the part of a queen.
	1.	(Chess.) 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. [imp. & p. p. Queened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Queening.]

Noun	1.	queen - the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
	2.	queen - a female sovereign ruler Synonyms: female monarch, queen regnant Antonyms: king, male monarch - a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
	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; "Paris is the queen of cities"; "the queen of ocean liners"
	5.	queen - a competitor who holds a preeminent position Synonyms: world-beater, king
	6.	queen - offensive terms for an openly homosexual man Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, poof, poove, pouf, queer, nance, fairy, pansy
	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 - especially large and only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring sired by only a few males
	10.	queen - female cat Synonyms: tabby
Verb	1.	queen - promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
	2.	queen - become a queen; "her pawn queened"

QUEEN. There are several kinds of queens in some countries. 1. Queen regnant, is a woman who possesses in her own right the executive power of the country.
     2. Queen consort, is the wife of a king.
     3. Queen dowager is the widow of a king. In the United States there is no one with this title.

To see a queen in your dream, symbolizes intuition and personal growth. The queen is also a symbol for your mother. For a woman to dream that she is a queen, indicates your desire for increased status and power. Alternatively, it may indicate that you need to listen to others.Kaiserin, ace, ant, army ant, auntie, beauty queen, bee, begum, best bower, bi-guy, bisexual, bishop, black ant, bower, bull dyke, bumblebee, butch, cards, carpenter ant, castle, catamite, champion, chessman, chicken, choice, chosen, clubs, cream, crown princess, cynosure, czarina, deck, deuce, diamonds, drone, dummy, dyke, elect, elite, emmet, epitome, face cards, fag, faggot, fairy, fat, femme, fire ant, flit, flower, flush, fricatrice, fruit, full house, grand duchess, gunsel, hand, hearts, homo, homophile, homosexual, homosexualist, honeybee, hornet, house ant, idol, infanta, invert, jack, joker, king, knave, knight, kumari, kunwari, leader, leading light, left bower, lesbian, maharani, malikzadi, man, model, monarch, nance, nonesuch, nonpareil, optimum, pack, pair, pansy, paragon, pathic, pawn, pick, picture cards, piece, pismire, playing cards, prima donna, prime, princess, princesse, prize, punk, queen bee, queen consort, queen dowager, queen regent, queen regnant, queer, quintessence, raj-kumari, rani, red ant, rook, round, royal flush, rubber, ruff, ruler, sapphist, select, shahzadi, singleton, slave ant, soldier, sovereign, sovereign princess, sovereign queen, spades, star, straight, superlative, termite, the best, the best ever, the tops, the very best, trey, tribade, trick, trump, wasp, worker, yellow jacket

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