"queens" in the noun sense
1. queen
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites its function is to lay eggs
2. queen, queen regnant, female monarch
a female sovereign ruler
3. queen
the wife or widow of a king
4. queen
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. king, queen, world-beater
a competitor who holds a preeminent position
6. fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen, queer, poof, poove, pouf
offensive term for a homosexual man
7. queen
one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
8. queen
chess) the most powerful piece
9. queen, queen mole rat
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
10. tabby, queen
female cat
"queens" in the verb sense
1. queen
promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
2. queen
become a queen
"her pawn queened"
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