queen

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Meaning

1. The wife, consort, or widow of a king.
2. A female monarch.
3. A woman whose pre-eminence, power, or forcefulness is comparable to that of a queen.
4. A woman whose pre-eminence, power, or forcefulness is comparable to that of a queen.
5. A woman whose pre-eminence, power, or forcefulness is comparable to that of a queen.
6. (slang) A woman whose pre-eminence, power, or forcefulness is comparable to that of a queen.
7. Something regarded as the greatest of its kind or as having pre-eminence or power comparable to that of a queen over a given area.
8. Referring to one of several items used in tabletop games:
9. Referring to one of several items used in tabletop games:
10. Referring to one of several items used in tabletop games:
11. A reproductive female insect in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.
12. (obsolete) A type of flatfish, specifically the lemon sole.
13. A queen apple.
14. A queen scallop.
15. (obsolete) Ellipsis of queen post.
16. A type of large roofing slate.
17. (slang) A homosexual man, especially one regarded as effeminate.
18. An adult female cat capable of breeding.
19. Ellipsis of queen olive.
20. (slang) Ellipsis of drag queen.
21. Pertaining to a queen-size bed or queen-size bedding.
22. A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp., especially Danaus gilippus).

empress

female monarch

beautiful girl

pretty maid

fair maiden

king’s wife

queen mole rat

ma’am

female chief

female cat

king’s principal consort

donna

czarina

royal consort

poofter

fairy queen

female ruler

wife of a king

Mrs

quean

monarch butterfly

married woman

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kwiːn/

From Middle English quene, queen, cwen, from Old English cwēn (“queen”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwāni, from Proto-Germanic *kwēniz (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷénh₂s (“woman”). Cognate with Scots queen, wheen (“queen”), Old Saxon quān ("wife"; > Middle Low German quene (“elderly woman”)), Dutch kween (“woman past child-bearing age”), Swedish kvinna (“woman”), Norwegian kvinne (“woman”), Danish kvinde (“woman”), Icelandic kvon (“wife”), Gothic 𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃 (qēns, “wife”), Norwegian dialectal kvån (“wife”). Related to and possibly merged with and/or absorbed some senses of English quean, from Middle English quene, from Old English cwene (“woman; female serf, quean”), see quean. Generally eclipsed non-native Middle English regina (“queen”), borrowed from Latin rēgīna (“queen”) (see Modern English regina). Doublet of quean and gyne.