queen Значение & определение

Значение на queen на български

• 0 a woman who rules a country because she has been born into a royal family, or a woman who is married to a king:

  • How long did Queen Victoria reign?

  • The Queen is meeting the prime minister today.

  • She's the reigning queen of crime writers.

• 1 the most powerful piece on the board in the game of chess

• 2 in a group of insects, a single large female that produces eggs:

  • a queen bee

  • a queen ant

  • a queen wasp

• 3 a gay man, especially an older man, whose way of behaving is noticeable and artificial:

  • James is such an old queen.

• 4 a woman who rules a country because she has been born into a family which by tradition or law has the right to rule, or the title given to such a woman:

  • Queen Elizabeth II

  • the reigning queen of crime writers

  • a beauty queen

  • the queen of hearts

  • a queen bee