queen

queen [-s, -'s] n

OE cwén, woman < OGerm. *kwæni-z.

  1. Female monarch.
  2. Victoria of England (1819-1901); nineteenth-century ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  3. Conqueror; victorious survivor; one who has overcome intense suffering; [fig.] expert; authority.
  4. Empress; female sovereign; royal lady; woman of highest rank.
  5. Chief female apis in a hive; sovereign of a swarm of bees.
  6. Bride; [fig.] woman who has been washed, anointed, invested, adorned, and crowned in preparation to be the legal consort of a king.
  7. Princess; pampered female child; little girl who is constantly attended.
  8. Royalty; [fig.] imaginative little girls; children pretending to be women in a game of make-believe; [metaphor] poet; seer; visionary.
  9. Woman; lady; wife.