queen

noun
[L1380]

Related

Derived from quene

Derivations クイーン

Compounds

In compounds

Forms

  • singular : queen
  • plural : queens
  • proprietive case : queen's
  • plural, proprietive case : queens'

Senses

  • chess piece, able to move any number of squares vertically, horizontally or diagonally
  • playing card
  • class of female monarch

    • the queen and the princesses of Persia fell at his feet

  • the fertile fully developed female of social bees, wasps, ants, and termites whose function is to lay eggs

queen

verb
[L25057]

Forms

  • simple present : queen
  • simple present, singular, third person : queens
  • simple past : queened
  • present participle : queening
  • past participle : queened

Senses