queen
nouns
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
the wife or widow of a king
is derived from
is a member of
royal persons collectively
"the wedding was attended by royalty"
something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind
"Paris is the queen of cities"; "the queen of ocean liners"
is a type of (narrower)
a person who represents an abstract quality
"she is the personification of optimism"
a competitor who holds a preeminent position
offensive term for an openly homosexual man
one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
is a type of (narrower)
one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face
(chess) the most powerful piece
domain category
a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
is a type of (narrower)
any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
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
verbs
promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
is a type of (narrower)
change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent
become a queen
"her pawn queened"
domain category
a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
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