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noun • the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs • a female sovereign ruler • the wife or widow of a king • something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind • a competitor who holds a preeminent position • offensive term for a homosexual man • one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen • (chess) the most powerful piece • an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males • female cat verb • promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess • become a queen | ||||||||
| 90% | 9 | Female head of a family | ||||||
noun • a female head of a family or tribe • a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons) | ||||||||
| 90% | 6 | Female hospital guardian | ||||||
noun • a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified • a wardress in a prison • a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution | ||||||||
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