queen

[US]/kwiːn/
[UK]/kwiːn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a female monarch, a queen consort; the most powerful female bee in a colony; a playing card with a face value of thirteen
vt. to make someone a queen or queen consort
vi. to act as a queen

Phrases & Collocations

royal queen

queen consort

queen bee

queen mother

beauty queen

queen anne

drama queen

queen latifah

queen of hearts

may queen

movie queen

Example Sentences

the Queen of (the) May

the queen of the hearts

The queen was resplendent with jewels.

the Queen's chief minister.

the queen's official duties.

the Queen's Royal Lancers.

the queen's accession to the throne.

the queen of the social columns.

the queen regent of Portugal.

play the queen of hearts.

the Queen's hereditary right to the throne.

the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars.

long live the Queen!.

the queen of summer resorts

The old ranee or queen…

Queen was happiness incarnate.

Real-world Examples

Are you a queen or fish bait?

Source: Game of Thrones Season 6

Why did the computer move its queen?

Source: Yale University Open Course: Death (Audio Version)

The British monarchy has lost its queen.

Source: CNN 10 Student English September 2022 Collection

Our queen ordered him exiled from city.

Source: Game of Thrones Season 5

Number nine is the cardboard box queen.

Source: Learn English with Matthew.

I was the queen of the playground.

Source: Gaokao Reading Real Questions

I mean, Haley, our homecoming queen. - Yeah.

Source: Modern Family Season 6

Well, again, the Queen, she's gone.

Source: Listening Digest

She's no queen of the castle neither.

Source: American Horror Story: Season 2

Hell, I'm the queen of Candy Land.

Source: American Horror Story: Season 2

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