queen

Noun
  1. The only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites;
    Its function is to lay eggs (synset 102315660)
    is a type of: insect - small air-breathing arthropod
    subtypes: queen bee - fertile egg-laying female bee
  2. A female sovereign ruler (synset 110518940)
    is a type of: female aristocrat - a woman who is an aristocrat
    subtypes: queen of england - the sovereign ruler of England
    specific instances:
    • cleopatra - beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)
    • isabella, isabella i, isabella the catholic, queen isabella - the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504)
    • 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; as a Catholic she was forced to abdicate in favor of her son and fled to England where she was imprisoned by Elizabeth I; when Catholic supporters plotted to put her on the English throne she was tried and executed for sedition (1542-1587)
    belongs to: royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty - royal persons collectively
    same as: female monarch, queen regnant
  3. The wife or widow of a king (synset 110519442)
    is a type of: female aristocrat - a woman who is an aristocrat
    subtypes:
    specific instances:
    • anne boleyn, boleyn - the second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I; was executed on a charge of adultery (1507-1536)
    • catherine de medicis - queen of France as the wife of Henry II and regent during the minority of her son Charles IX (1519-1589)
    • eleanor of aquitaine - queen of France as the wife of Louis VII; that marriage was annulled in 1152 and she then married Henry II and became Queen of England (1122-1204)
    • esther - (Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)
    • catherine howard, howard - Queen of England as the fifth wife of Henry VIII who was accused of adultery and executed (1520-1542)
    • jezebel - wife of Ahab who was king of Israel; according to the Old Testament she was a cruel immoral queen who fostered the worship of Baal and tried to kill Elijah and other prophets of Israel (9th century BC)
    • marie antoinette - queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular; her extravagance and opposition to reform contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy; she was guillotined along with her husband (1755-1793)
    • nefertiti - queen of Egypt and wife of Akhenaton (14th century BC)
    • catherine parr, parr - Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548)
    • jane seymour, seymour - Queen of England as the third wife of Henry VIII and mother of Edward VI (1509-1537)
    belongs to: royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty - royal persons collectively
  4. Something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind (synset 110519802)
    "Paris is the queen of cities"; "the queen of ocean liners"
    is a type of: personification - a person who represents an abstract quality
  5. A competitor who holds a preeminent position (synset 110254721)
    is a type of: challenger, competition, competitor, contender, rival - the contestant you hope to defeat
    same as: king, world-beater
  6. Offensive term for a homosexual man (synset 110095821)
    domain usage: depreciation, derogation, disparagement - a communication that belittles somebody or something
    is a type of: gay, homo, homophile, homosexual - someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex
    same as: fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queer
  7. One of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen (synset 104039901)
    is a type of: court card, face card, picture card - one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face
    belongs to: deck, deck of cards, pack of cards - a pack of 52 playing cards
  8. (chess) the most powerful piece (synset 104039763)
    referred to in: chess, chess game - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
    is a type of: chess piece, chessman - any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
  9. 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 (synset 102372587)
    is a type of: naked mole rat - fetal-looking colonial rodent of East Africa; neither mole nor rat; they feed on tubers and have a social structure similar to that of honeybees and termites
    same as: queen mole rat
  10. Female cat (synset 102125530)
    is a type of: domestic cat, felis catus, felis domesticus, house cat - any domesticated member of the genus Felis
    same as: tabby
Verb
  1. Promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess (synset 202599946)
    is a type of: 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
  2. Become a queen (synset 201974005)
    "her pawn queened"
    referred to in: chess, chess game - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
    is a type of: promote - be changed for a superior chess or checker piece

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