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QUEENS
Queens
(noun) a borough of New York City
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
queens
plural of queen
(poker slang) A pair of queens.
Verb
queens
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of queen
Anagrams
• quenes
Proper noun
Queens
A borough in New York City, New York, United States, one of five, situated on Long Island, north of Brooklyn, west of Nassau county.
Queens County, A county of New York, United States, which is coterminous with the borough of Queens.
Anagrams
• quenes
Source: Wiktionary
QUEEN
Queen, n. Etym: [OE. quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. cwen wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. quan wife, woman, Icel. kvan wife, queen, Goth. qens. sq. root221. See Quean.]
1. The wife of a king.
2. A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots. In faith, and by the heaven's quene. Chaucer.
3. A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc. " This queen of cities." " Albion, queen of isles." Cowper.
4. The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites.
Queen, v. i.
Definition: To act the part of a queen. Shak.
Queen, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Queened; p. pr. & vb. n. Queening.] (Chess.)
Definition: To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn.
QUEEN
Queen, n. Etym: [OE. quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. cwen wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. quan wife, woman, Icel. kvan wife, queen, Goth. qens. sq. root221. See Quean.]
1. The wife of a king.
2. A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots. In faith, and by the heaven's quene. Chaucer.
3. A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc. " This queen of cities." " Albion, queen of isles." Cowper.
4. The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites.
Queen, v. i.
Definition: To act the part of a queen. Shak.
Queen, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Queened; p. pr. & vb. n. Queening.] (Chess.)
Definition: To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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