Queenie vs. Queen — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Queenie and Queen
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Definitions
Queenie
(colloquial) An effeminate man; a male homosexual (especially as a term of address).
Queen
The wife or widow of a king.
Queenie
(UK) The queen scallop.
Queen
A female sovereign.
Queen
A woman considered preeminent in a particular field
The reigning queen of hip-hop.
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Queen
A woman chosen as the winner of a contest or the honorary head of an event
A beauty queen.
The queen of the prom.
Queen
Something having eminence or supremacy in a given domain and personified as a woman
Paris is regarded as the queen of cities.
Queen
The most powerful chess piece, able to move in any direction over any number of empty squares in a straight line.
Queen
A playing card bearing the figure of a queen, ranking above the jack and below the king.
Queen
The sole reproductive female, or one of several such females, in a colony of eusocial insects, such as bees, wasps, ants, or termites.
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Queen
The reproductive female in a colony of naked mole rats.
Queen
A mature female cat, especially one kept for breeding purposes.
Queen
Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a gay man.
Queen
A queen-size bed.
Queen
To make (a woman) a queen.
Queen
(Games) To raise (a pawn) to queen in chess.
Queen
To become a queen in chess.
Queen
Of or relating to a queen-size bed
Queen sheets.
A queen bed skirt.
Queen
The wife, consort, or widow of a king.
The divorced king was looking for a new queen.
Royal family
Queen
A female monarch.
Royal family
Queen
A woman whose pre-eminence, power, or forcefulness is comparable to that of a queen.
Queen
(Christianity) The Virgin Mary (especially in formulations such as Queen of Heaven, Queen of Glory).
Queen
An excellent woman.
Queen
A woman pre-eminent in a particular group or field.
Queen
An attractive woman; a female partner in a romantic relationship.
Queen
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.
Queen
Playing card) of all four suits in the English pattern |image2=Carromboard.JPG |width2=3264 |height2=2448 |alt2= |caption2=A carrom board with the red queen (carrom piece) in the centre}} Referring to one of several items used in tabletop games:
Queen
A chess piece that, under contemporary rules, is the most powerful, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
Chess set
Queen
A playing card with a depiction of a queen on it, generally ranking next below the king and above the jack in a given suit.
Queen Bess
Queen
A red disk that is the most valuable piece in the Asian game of carrom.
Queen
[[File:Apis mellifera scutellata 1355021.jpg|thumb|upright|Worker bees around the queen (reproductive female insect in a hive) of the hive, marked with a pink dot]] A reproductive female insect in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.
Queen bee
Queen
(obsolete) A type of flatfish, specifically the lemon sole.
Queen
(rare) A queen apple.
Queen
A queen scallop.
Queen
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Queen
A type of large roofing slate.
Queen
A homosexual man, especially one regarded as effeminate.
Queen
An adult female cat capable of breeding.
Queen
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Queen
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Queen
Pertaining to a queen-size bed or queen-size bedding.
Queen
A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp., especially Danaus gilippus).
Queen
To act the part of a queen; to behave imperiously; to queen it.
Queen
(transitive) To make a queen or (figuratively) to give the status of a queen.
Queen
(chess) To promote a pawn to a queen.
Queen
(beekeeping) To be the queen bee of a colony.
Queen
(beekeeping) To provide with a new queen bee.
Queen
To sit on a person’s face to receive oral sex, typically while straddling the person’s head.
Queen
The wife of a king.
Queen
A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots.
In faith, and by the heaven's quene.
Queen
A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; - also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc.
Queen
The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites.
Queen
The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen.
Queen
A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.
Queen
A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing.
Queen
To act the part of a queen.
Queen
To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn.
Queen
The only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
Queen
A female sovereign ruler
Queen
The wife or widow of a king
Queen
Something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind;
Paris is the queen of cities
The queen of ocean liners
Queen
A competitor who holds a preeminent position
Queen
Offensive terms for an openly homosexual man
Queen
One of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
Queen
(chess) the most powerful piece
Queen
Especially large and only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring sired by only a few males
Queen
Female cat
Queen
Promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
Queen
Become a queen;
Her pawn queened