queen
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[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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[edit] Noun
queen (plural queens)
- A female monarch. Example: Queen Victoria
- The wife or widow of a king. Example: Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
- (chess) The most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
- (card games) A playing card with the picture of a queen on its face, the twelfth card in a given suit.
- A powerful or forceful female person.
- (derogatory, slang) An effeminate male homosexual. See drag queen.
- A reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.
- An adult female cat valued for breeding. See tom.
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- (female monarch): queen regnant
- (wife of a king): queen consort
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Terms derived from queen
[edit] See also
- (chess pieces) chessman, chess piece, chess piece, chesspiece; bishop, castle/rook, king, knight, pawn, queen (Category: en:Chess) [edit]
- (playing cards) playing card, card; ace, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, jack, queen, king, joker [edit]
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female monarch
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wife of a king
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chess piece
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playing card
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powerful or forceful female person
slang: male homosexual
reproductive female animal in a hive
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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)
- to make a queen
- (chess) to promote a pawn, usually to a queen.
- (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.
- 2000, "Lorelei", The Mistress Manual: The Good Girl's Guide to Female Dominance
[edit] Translations
to make a queen
chess: to convert a pawn into a queen