Queen
The word Queen may have many meanings:
Political A queen regnant is a female monarch. A queen consort is the wife of a king. Usually the husband of a queen regnant is not known as king. In the United Kingdom, the term prince consort has been used. A queen dowager is a woman who was queen consort but whose husband has died or abdicated, someone else having become monarch. A queen mother is a queen dowager whose child, having succeeded his or her father, is now the monarch.
A queen is the only female insect in a hive that is fertile and egg laying; for example, a queen bee, wasp, hornet, ant, or termite. A queen is a female cat, usually one with a litter of kittens.
Other The queen is the most powerful piece in the game of chess. Queen is the name of a chess engine. The queen is a card in a deck of playing cards or tarot cards. Queening is an act in the game of checkers, draughts, or chess. Queening is a sex act also known as facesitting. Queen is a British rock band, most prolific in the 1970s and 1980s with hits like "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "We Are The Champions".* The album Queen by Queen. Alex Haley's Queen is book by Alex Haley and a 1993 tv miniseries based on this book The title queen is used in several epithets of the Virgin Mary, including "Queen of the World," "Queen of Heaven," and "Queen of Angels." The title queen is and was applied to several goddesses. A drag queen is a type of entertainer. "Queen" is an (often pejorative) slang term for a gay man. The Queen's Scout Award is the highest youth award in scouting when the British monarch is a female.
See alsoQueens, a borough in New York City, New York
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