Queen
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The word Queen may have many meanings:
Political
- A queen regnant is a female monarch.
- A queen consort is the wife of a king. Usually the husband of a queen regnant is not known as king. In the United Kingdom, the term prince consort has been used.
- A queen dowager is a woman who was queen consort but whose husband has died or abdicated, someone else having become monarch.
- A queen mother is a queen dowager whose child, having succeeded his or her father, is now the monarch.
- The Queen is the title usually used informally to refer to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
Biology
- A queen is the only female insect in a hive that is fertile and egg laying; for example, a queen bee, wasp, hornet, ant, or termite.
- A queen is a female cat, usually one with a litter of kittens.
Other
- The queen is the most powerful piece in the game of chess.
- Queen is the name of a chess engine.
- The queen is a card in a deck of playing cards or tarot cards.
- Queen also means a whole (not neutered or spayed) female cat. A female cat is also called "Tabby"
- Queening is an act in the game of checkers, draughts, or chess.
- Queening is a sex act also known as facesitting.
- Queen is a British rock band, most prolific in the 1970s and 1980s with hits like "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "We Are The Champions".
- The album Queen by Queen.
- Alex Haley's Queen is book by Alex Haley and a 1993 tv miniseries based on this book
- The title queen is used in several epithets of the Virgin Mary, including "Queen of the World," "Queen of Heaven," and "Queen of Angels."
- The title queen is and was applied to several goddesses.
- A drag queen is a type of entertainer.
- "Queen" is an (often pejorative) slang term for a gay man.
- The Queen's Scout Award is the highest youth award in scouting when the British monarch is a female.
- A tennis club in London, or the annual tournament held there.
See also
- Queens, a borough in New York City, New York