queen (
http://definr.com/queen)
n 1: the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such
as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay
eggs
2: a female sovereign ruler [syn:
queen regnant, {female
monarch}] [ant:
king,
king]
3: the wife or widow of a king
4: offensive terms for an openly homosexual man [syn:
fagot,
faggot,
fag,
fairy,
nance,
pansy,
queer,
poof,
poove,
pouf]
5: one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a
queen
6: the most powerful chess piece
7: especially large and only member of a colony of naked mole
rats to bear offspring sired by only a few males
8: female cat [syn:
tabby]
v 1: promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
2: become a queen, of a chess pawn