Queen the female ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the position by right of birth.

 

queen

/kwēn/

noun

1. 1.

   the female ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the position by right of birth.

   "he insisted the princess could be crowned queen"

   Similar:

   monarch

   sovereign

   head of state

   ruler

   Crown

   Her Majesty

   king's consort

   queen consort

   queen mother
2. 2.

   the most powerful chess piece that each player has, able to move any number of unobstructed squares in any direction along a rank, file, or diagonal on which it stands.

verb

1. 1.

   behave in an unpleasantly superior way toward (someone).

   "Monique was queening it over everybody"
2. 2.

   CHESS

   

   
   

   convert (a pawn) into a queen when it reaches the opponent's back rank on the board.

3. Etymology[edit]

   From Middle English quene, queen, cwen, from Old English cwēn (“queen”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwāni, from Proto-Germanic *kwēniz (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷénh₂s (“woman”).

   Cognate with Scots queen, wheen (“queen”), Old Saxon quān ("wife"; > Middle Low German quene (“elderly woman”)), Dutch kween (“woman past child-bearing age”), Swedish kvinna (“woman”), Norwegian kvinne (“woman”), Danish kvinde (“woman”), Icelandic kvon (“wife”), Gothic 𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃 (qēns, “wife”), Norwegian dialectal kvån (“wife”).

   Related to and possibly merged with and/or absorbed some senses of English quean, from Middle English quene, from Old English cwene (“woman; female serf, quean”), see quean. Generally eclipsed non-native Middle English regina (“queen”), borrowed from Latin rēgīna (“queen”) (see Modern English regina). Doublet of quean and gyne.