queen

(noun) the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs.

(noun) a female sovereign ruler. Synonyms: queen regnant, female monarch.

(noun) the wife or widow of a king.

(noun) something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind. Examples: "Paris is the queen of cities." "The queen of ocean liners."

(noun) a competitor who holds a preeminent position. Synonyms: king, world-beater.

(noun) offensive term for an openly homosexual man. Synonyms: fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queer, poof, poove, pouf.

(noun) one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen.

(noun) (chess) the most powerful piece.

(noun) 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.

(noun) female cat. Synonyms: tabby.

(verb) promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess.

(verb) become a queen. Example: "Her pawn queened."