noun
1. female cat
Synonym: tabby
2. the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites
its function is to lay eggs
3. 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
Synonym: queen mole rat
4. (chess) the most powerful piece
5. one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
6. offensive term for an openly homosexual man
Synonym: fagotfaggotfagfairynancepansyqueerpoofpoovepouf
7. a competitor who holds a preeminent position
Synonym: kingworld-beater
8. a female sovereign ruler
Synonym: queen regnantfemale monarch
9. the wife or widow of a king
10. something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind
e.g. Paris is the queen of cities
the queen of ocean liners
verb
1. become a queen
e.g. her pawn queened
2. promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess