QUEEN
Scrabble letter values: Q10U1E1E1N1 = 14
Definition
- verb promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess.
- verb become a queen.
- noun the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites.
- noun a female sovereign ruler. — synonyms: queen_regnant, female_monarch
- noun the wife or widow of a king.
- noun something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind.
- noun a competitor who holds a preeminent position. — synonyms: king, world-beater
- noun offensive term for a homosexual man. — synonyms: fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queer, poof
- noun one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen.
- noun (chess) the most powerful piece.
- 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
Examples
- “her pawn queened”
- “its function is to lay eggs”
- “Paris is the queen of cities”