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queen

1. queen \'kwe-n\ \-d*m\ \-.li-k\ \-le--n*s\ \-le-\ n [ME quene, fr. OE 
   cwe-n woman, wife, queen; akin to Goth qens] wife, Gk gyne- woman, wife 1a: 
   the wife or widow of a king  1b: the wife or widow of a tribal chief  2a: a 
   female monarch  2b: a female chieftain  3a: a woman eminent in rank, power, 
   or attractions  3b: a goddess or a thing personified as female and having 
   supremacy in a sp ecified realm 3c: an attractive girl or woman; esp : a 
   beauty contest winner  4: the most privileged piece in a set of chessmen 
   having the power to move  as either a rook or a bishop 5: a playing card 
   picturing a queen  6: the fertile fully developed female of social bees, 
   ants, and termites wh ose function is to lay eggs 7: a mature female cat  
   slang  8: HOMOSEXUAL  - queen.dom n
2. queen vi 1a: to act like a queen  1b: to put on airs - usu. used with 
   formulary it  2: to become a queen in chess  : to promote (a pawn) to a 
   queen in chess