queen

[[t]kwin[/t]]

n.

1) gov a female sovereign or monarch

2) gov the wife or consort of a king

3) a woman, or something personified as a woman, preeminent in some respect:

a beauty queen; Athens, the queen of the Aegean[/ex]

4) off cvb sts sl.

a) usu. disp. and off. (a term used to refer to a male homosexual, esp. one who is flamboyantly campy.)

b) drag queen

5) a playing card bearing a picture of a queen

6) chs the most powerful chess piece of either color, able to be moved across any number of empty squares in any direction

7) ent a fertile female ant, bee, termite, or wasp

8) a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter

Q[/ex]

9) gov to reign as queen

10) to behave in an imperious or pretentious manner (usu. fol. by it)

11) chs (of a pawn in chess) to become promoted to a queen

12) gov to make a queen of; crown

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Etymology: bef. 900; ME quene, quen, OE cwēn woman, queen, c. ON kvān, Go qēns usage: Definition4ais usually used with disparaging intent and perceived as insulting. However, it is also used by homosexuals as a positive term of self-reference.