A mature female cat, especially one kept for breeding purposes.
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A woman sovereign.
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Games A playing card bearing the figure of a queen, ranking above the jack and below the king.
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Games The most powerful chess piece, able to move in any direction over any number of empty squares in a straight line.
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Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man.
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verb-intransitive
Games To become a queen in chess.
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verb-transitive
Games To raise (a pawn) to queen in chess.
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To make (a woman) a queen.
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idiom
Queen it To act like a queen; domineer: queens it over the whole family.
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verb
To act like a queen.
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To put on airs.
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To become a queen in chess.
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To promote (a pawn) to a queen in chess.
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