queennoun [ C ]
uk/kwiːn/us/kwiːn/queen noun [ C ] (WOMAN)
A2 a woman who rules a country because she has been born into a royal family, or a woman who is married to a king:
How long did Queen Victoria reign?
The Queen is meeting the prime minister today.
any woman who is considered to be the best at what she does:
She's the reigning queen of crime writers.
the most powerful piece on the board in the game of chess
in a group of insects, a single large female that produces eggs:
a queen bee
a queen ant
a queen wasp
in a set of playing cards, a card with a picture of a queen on it. It is usually worth less than a king.
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- The queen may have privilege but she has no real political clout.
- The queen, in full ceremonial dress, presided over the ceremony.
- The queen will attend the official opening of the theatre in June.
- The queen outlasted all her children.
- The country was without a ruler after the queen died.
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Royalty, aristocracy & titles
- accession
- archduke
- aristocracy
- aristocrat
- baron
- ennoble
- er
- esquire
- grace
- hereditary peer
- monarchist
- Mr
- Mrs
- nobility
- noble
- sire
- sovereign
- squire
- sultan
- throne
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queen noun [ C ] (GAY MAN)
slang offensive a gay man, especially an older man, whose way of behaving is noticeable and artificial:
James is such an old queen.