queen
/kwiːn/ noun A2- The wife, consort, or widow of a king. · The divorced king was looking for a new queen.
- A female monarch.
- The Virgin Mary (especially in formulations such as Queen of Heaven, Queen of Glory).
- An excellent woman.
- A woman pre-eminent in a particular group or field.
- An attractive woman; a female partner in a romantic relationship.
- A girl or woman chosen to preside in an honorary or ceremonial manner over a specified festivity or occasion, as May Queen, Homecoming Queen, prom queen, pearly queen. · My mother was queen of the St. Patrick's Day parade when she was 19.
- Something regarded as the greatest of its kind or as having pre-eminence or power comparable to that of a queen over a given area.
Plural queens
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Permit me to introduce to you her Majesty, the Queen.”
Dorothy nodded gravely and the Queen made a curtsy, after which she became quite friendly with the little girl.
Then the Queen hurriedly gave her people the order to start, for she feared if the mice stayed among the poppies too long they also would fall asleep.
She’s sixteen and she’s studying for the entrance examination into Queen’s Academy at Charlottetown next year.
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