queen
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1. female cat (noun.animal)
2. the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | insect, |
| definition | : | small air-breathing arthropod (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | queen bee, |
| definition | : | fertile egg-laying female bee (noun.animal) |
3. an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | naked mole rat, |
| definition | : | fetal-looking colonial rodent of East Africa; neither mole nor rat; they feed on tubers and have a social structure similar to that of honeybees and termites (noun.animal) |
4. (chess) the most powerful piece (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | chess piece, chessman, |
| definition | : | any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess (noun.artifact) |
| domain category | : | chess, chess game, |
| definition | : | a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king (noun.act) |
5. one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen (noun.artifact)
6. offensive term for an openly homosexual man (noun.person)
7. a competitor who holds a preeminent position (noun.person)
8. a female sovereign ruler (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | queen of england, |
| definition | : | the sovereign ruler of England (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | cleopatra, |
| definition | : | beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | isabella, isabella i, isabella the catholic, queen isabella, |
| definition | : | the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | mary queen of scots, mary stuart, |
| definition | : | queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567; as a Catholic she was forced to abdicate in favor of her son and fled to England where she was imprisoned by Elizabeth I; when Catholic supporters plotted to put her on the English throne she was tried and executed for sedition (1542-1587) (noun.person) |
9. the wife or widow of a king (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | queen consort, |
| definition | : | the wife of a reigning king (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | queen dowager, |
| definition | : | the widow of a king (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | queen regent, |
| definition | : | a queen who serves as ruler when the king cannot (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | anne boleyn, boleyn, |
| definition | : | the second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I; was executed on a charge of adultery (1507-1536) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | catherine de medicis, |
| definition | : | queen of France as the wife of Henry II and regent during the minority of her son Charles IX (1519-1589) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | eleanor of aquitaine, |
| definition | : | queen of France as the wife of Louis VII; that marriage was annulled in 1152 and she then married Henry II and became Queen of England (1122-1204) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | esther, |
| definition | : | (Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | catherine howard, howard, |
| definition | : | Queen of England as the fifth wife of Henry VIII who was accused of adultery and executed (1520-1542) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | jezebel, |
| definition | : | wife of Ahab who was king of Israel; according to the Old Testament she was a cruel immoral queen who fostered the worship of Baal and tried to kill Elijah and other prophets of Israel (9th century BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | marie antoinette, |
| definition | : | queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular; her extravagance and opposition to reform contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy; she was guillotined along with her husband (1755-1793) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | nefertiti, |
| definition | : | queen of Egypt and wife of Akhenaton (14th century BC) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | catherine parr, parr, |
| definition | : | Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | jane seymour, seymour, |
| definition | : | Queen of England as the third wife of Henry VIII and mother of Edward VI (1509-1537) (noun.person) |
10. something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | personification, |
| definition | : | a person who represents an abstract quality (noun.person) |
11. become a queen (verb.motion)
| hypernym | : | promote, |
| definition | : | be changed for a superior chess or checker piece (verb.competition) |
| domain category | : | chess, chess game, |
| definition | : | a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king (noun.act) |
12. promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess (verb.social)
| hypernym | : | promote, |
| definition | : | change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent (verb.competition) |
13. (chess) the most powerful piece (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | queen, |
| definition | : | become a queen (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | queen, |
| definition | : | promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess (verb.social) |
14. a female sovereign ruler (noun.person)
15. become a queen (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | queen, queen, |
| definition | : | (chess) the most powerful piece (noun.artifact) |
16. (chess) the most powerful piece (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | queen, |
| definition | : | become a queen (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | queen, |
| definition | : | promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess (verb.social) |
17. a female sovereign ruler (noun.person)
18. become a queen (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | queen, queen, |
| definition | : | (chess) the most powerful piece (noun.artifact) |
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