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English noun: queen | |||
| 1. | queen (animal) the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | insect | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | queen bee | ||
| 2. | queen (person) a female sovereign ruler | ||
| Synonyms | female monarch, queen regnant | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | female aristocrat | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Queen of England | ||
| Instance hyponym | Cleopatra, Isabella, Isabella I, Isabella the Catholic, Liliuokalani, Lydia Kamekeha Paki Liliuokalani, Mary Queen of Scots, Mary Stuart, Queen Isabella | ||
| Member meronym | royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty | ||
| Antonyms | king, male monarch, rex | ||
| 3. | queen (person) the wife or widow of a king | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | female aristocrat | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | queen consort, queen dowager, queen regent | ||
| Instance hyponym | Anne Boleyn, Boleyn, Catherine de Medicis, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Esther, Howard, Jane Seymour, Jezebel, Marie Antoinette, Nefertiti, Parr, Seymour | ||
| Member meronym | royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty | ||
| 4. | queen (person) something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind | ||
| Samples | Paris is the queen of cities. The queen of ocean liners. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | personification | ||
| 5. | queen (person) a competitor who holds a preeminent position | ||
| Synonyms | king, world-beater | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | challenger, competition, competitor, contender, rival | ||
| 6. | queen (person) offensive term for an openly homosexual man | ||
| Synonyms | fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queer | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | gay man, shirtlifter | ||
| Domain usage | depreciation, derogation, disparagement | ||
| 7. | queen (artifact) one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | court card, face card, picture card | ||
| Member meronym | deck, deck of cards, pack of cards | ||
| 8. | queen (artifact) (chess) the most powerful piece | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | chess piece, chessman | ||
| Domain category | chess, chess game | ||
| 9. | queen (animal) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | naked mole rat | ||
| 10. | queen (animal) female cat | ||
| Synonyms | tabby | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | domestic cat, Felis catus, Felis domesticus, house cat | ||
English verb: queen | |||
| 1. | queen (social) promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | promote | ||
| 2. | queen (motion) become a queen | ||
| Samples | Her pawn queened. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | promote | ||
| Domain category | chess, chess game | ||
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