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Pronunciation : Queen
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. cwen wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. quan wife, woman, Icel. kvan wife, queen, Goth. qens. sq. root221. See Quean.]
Definition : 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. " This queen of cities." " Albion, queen of isles." Cowper.

4. The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Queen
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To act the part of a queen. Shak.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Queen
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.

i. [imp. & p. p. Queened; p. pr. & vb. n. Queening.] (Chess.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913