Queen Definition
kwēn
queens
noun
queens
The wife of a king.
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A woman who rules over a monarchy in her own right; female sovereign.
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A woman foremost or judged to be foremost among others in certain attributes or accomplishments, as beauty, etc.
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A woman chosen as the winner of a contest or the honorary head of an event.
A beauty queen; the queen of the prom.
American Heritage
A place or thing regarded as the best or most beautiful of its kind.
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verb
queens
To make (a girl or woman) a queen.
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To reign as queen.
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To make a queen of (a pawn that has reached the opponent's end of the board)
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idiom
queen it
- To act like a queen; domineer:
queens it over the whole family.
American Heritage
queen it
- to act like a queen; domineer
Webster's New World
Origin of Queen
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Middle English quene from Old English cwēn gwen- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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