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 |
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| Broader (hypernym) | insect |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | queen bee |
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2. | queen (person) a female sovereign ruler |
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| Synonyms | female monarch, queen regnant |
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| Broader (hypernym) | female aristocrat |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Queen of England |
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| Instance hyponym | Cleopatra, Isabella, Isabella I, Isabella the Catholic, Liliuokalani, Lydia Kamekeha Paki Liliuokalani, Mary Queen of Scots, Mary Stuart, Queen Isabella |
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| Member meronym | royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty |
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| Antonyms | king, male monarch, rex |
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3. | queen (person) the wife or widow of a king |
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| Broader (hypernym) | female aristocrat |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | queen consort, queen dowager, queen regent |
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| 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 |
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| Member meronym | royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty |
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4. | queen (person) something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind |
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| Samples | Paris is the queen of cities. The queen of ocean liners.
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| Broader (hypernym) | personification |
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5. | queen (person) a competitor who holds a preeminent position |
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| Synonyms | king, world-beater |
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| Broader (hypernym) | challenger, competition, competitor, contender, rival |
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6. | queen (person) offensive term for an openly homosexual man |
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| Synonyms | fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queer |
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| Broader (hypernym) | gay man, shirtlifter |
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| Domain usage | depreciation, derogation, disparagement |
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7. | queen (artifact) one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen |
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| Broader (hypernym) | court card, face card, picture card |
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| Member meronym | deck, deck of cards, pack of cards |
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8. | queen (artifact) (chess) the most powerful piece |
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| Broader (hypernym) | chess piece, chessman |
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| Domain category | chess, chess game |
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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 |
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| Synonyms | queen mole rat |
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| Broader (hypernym) | naked mole rat |
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10. | queen (animal) female cat |
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| Synonyms | tabby |
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| Broader (hypernym) | domestic cat, Felis catus, Felis domesticus, house cat |
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