Queen - Definition

n 1: the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such
as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
2: a female sovereign ruler [syn: queen, queen regnant,
female monarch] [ant: Rex, king, male monarch]
3: the wife or widow of a king
4: something personified as a woman who is considered the best
or most important of her kind; "Paris is the queen of
cities"; "the queen of ocean liners"
5: a competitor who holds a preeminent position [syn: king,
queen, world-beater]
6: offensive term for an openly homosexual man [syn: fagot,
faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen, queer,
poof, poove, pouf]
7: one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
8: (chess) the most powerful piece
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 [syn: queen, queen mole rat]
10: female cat [syn: tabby, queen]
v 1: promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
2: become a queen; "her pawn queened"