- queen´like´
- queen «kween», noun, verb.–n.1. the wife of a king: »
The princess became a queen upon marrying the young king.
2. a woman ruler: »England has a queen as head of her government.
3. Figurative. a) a woman who is very important: »the queen of society.
b) a woman who is very stately or attractive: »a beauty queen, the queen of the May.
4. a fully developed female in a colony of insects, such as bees or ants, that lays eggs. There is usually only one queen in a hive of bees. and bee1. (Cf. ↑bee)5. a playing card with a picture of a queen.6. the most powerful piece in the game of chess. It can move any number of squares in any straight or diagonal direction.7. the chief, best, finest, or most: »the rose, queen of flowers.
8. Slang. a male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate or plays a female role.–v.i.1. Also, queen it, to act like a queen: »She's a fine girl…fit to queen it in any drawing-room (George Meredith).
2. to reign as queen.3. to become a queen in chess: »White's queen pawn had a clear path for queening (Al Horowitz).
–v.t.to make a queen of: »to queen a pawn in chess.
╂[Old English cwēn]–queen´like´, adjective.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.