queen

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A queen (chess)

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English quene, from Old English cwēn, cwene. The same Middle English word also yielded quean. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kwēniz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).

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queen (plural queens)

  1. A female monarch. Example: Queen Victoria
  2. The wife or widow of a king. Example: Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
  3. (chess) The most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
  4. (card games) A playing card with the picture of a queen on its face, the twelfth card in a given suit.
  5. A powerful or forceful female person.
  6. (derogatory, slang) An effeminate male homosexual. See drag queen.
  7. A reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.
  8. An adult female cat valued for breeding. See tom.

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female monarch
wife of a king
chess piece
playing card
powerful or forceful female person
slang: male homosexual
reproductive female animal in a hive
adult female cat
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[edit] Verb

queen (third-person singular simple present queens, present participle queening, simple past and past participle queened)

  1. to make a queen
  2. (chess) to promote a pawn, usually to a queen.
  3. (BDSM, slang, transitive, of a female) To sit on the face of (a partner) to receive oral sex.
    • 2000, "Lorelei", The Mistress Manual: The Good Girl's Guide to Female Dominance
      Try Queening him. Have him lie on his back while you sit on his face (make sure he has an airway through either his mouth or his nose).
    • 2007, Madelynne Ellis, Dark Designs
      ...not Eloise, sat queening him. He couldn't wait to tip her velvet. He wanted to come, but not here, with these three. It was time to extract himself.

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to make a queen
chess: to convert a pawn into a queen

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