queen | (noun) 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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(noun) 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 | Synonyms: queen mole rat |
(noun) female cat | Synonyms: tabby |
(noun) (chess) the most powerful piece | - |
(noun) one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen | - |
(noun) a female sovereign ruler | Synonyms: female monarch, queen regnant |
(noun) the wife or widow of a king | - |
(noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queer |
(noun) something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind | - |
(noun) a female competitor who holds a preeminent position | - |