• Queen

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /kwiːn/
    • Rhymes: -iːn
    • Homophones: quean

    Origin

    From Middle English queen, quene, cwen, from Old English cwēn, cwǣn ("woman; wife, consort; queen, empress, royal princess"), from Proto-Germanic *kwēniz ("woman"), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn ("woman"). Cognate with Scots queen, wheen ("queen"), Old Saxon quān

    Middle Low German quene ("elderly woman")}, Norwegian dialectal kvån ("wife"), Icelandic kvon ("wife"), Gothic 𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃 (qēns, "wife"). Related to Old English cwene ("woman; female serf, quean, prostitute"), see quean.

    Full definition of queen

    Noun

    queen

    (plural queens)
    1. A female monarch. Example: Queen Victoria
    2. The wife or widow of a king.Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
    3. (chess) The most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
    4. (card games) A playing card with the picture of a queen on its face, the twelfth card in a given suit.
    5. A powerful or forceful female person.
    6. (derogatory, slang) An effeminate male homosexual. See drag queen.
    7. A reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.
    8. An adult female cat valued for breeding. See also tom.

    Synonyms

    Verb

    1. To make a queen.
    2. (intransitive, obsolete) To act the part of a queen; to queen it.
    3. (chess) To promote a pawn, usually to a queen.
    4. (BDSM, slang, transitive, of a female) To sit on the face of (a partner) to receive oral sex.
      • 2000, "Lorelei", The Mistress Manual: The Good Girl's Guide to Female DominanceTry Queening him. Have him lie on his back while you sit on his face (make sure he has an airway through either his mouth or his nose).
      • 2007, Madelynne Ellis, Dark Designs...not Eloise, sat queening him. He couldn't wait to tip her velvet. He wanted to come, but not here, with these three. It was time to extract himself.
      • 2012, Yolanda Celbridge, The Castle of MaldonaShe saw his pink tongue flickering on Clare's exposed nympha as she queened him, her love juices shining on his chin and throat...
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