| queen | |
| 1. n. A female monarch. Example: Queen Victoria. | |
| 2. n. The wife or widow of a king. | |
| 3. n. (chess) The most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. | |
| 4. n. (card games) A playing card with the letter "Q" and the image of a queen on it, the twelfth card in a given suit. | |
| 5. n. A powerful or forceful female person. | |
| 6. n. (LGBT, slang) An effeminate male homosexual. (Compare drag queen and street queen. See usage notes.) | |
| 7. n. A reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp. | |
| 8. n. An adult female cat valued for breeding. See also tom. | |
| 9. n. A queen olive. | |
| 10. n. A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp.) | |
| 11. v. To make a queen. | |
| 12. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To act the part of a queen; to queen it. | |
| 13. v. (chess) To promote a pawn, usually to a queen. | |
| 14. v. (beekeeping) To provide with a new queen. | |
| 15. v. (beekeeping) To be the queen of a colony. | |
| 16. v. (BDSM, slang) To sit on the face of (a partner) to receive oral sex. | |
