Definition of queen

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Queen (v. i.) 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..

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Goura :: Goura (n.) One of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands. The Queen Victoria pigeon (Goura Victoria) and the crowned pigeon (G. coronata) are among the beat known species..
Queen :: Queen (n.) A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing..
Marian :: Marian (a.) Pertaining to the Virgin Mary, or sometimes to Mary, Queen of England, daughter of Henry VIII..
Queen Truss :: Queen truss () A truss framed with queen-posts; a queen-post truss.
Maidmarian :: Maidmarian (n.) The lady of the May games; one of the characters in a morris dance; a May queen. Afterward, a grotesque character personated in sports and buffoonery by a man in woman's clothes..
Ladykin :: Ladykin (n.) A little lady; -- applied by the writers of Queen Elizabeth's time, in the abbreviated form Lakin, to the Virgin Mary..
Queen :: Queen (n.) A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades..
Approvement :: Approvement (n.) a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States..
Sequence :: Sequence (n.) Three or more cards of the same suit in immediately consecutive order of value; as, ace, king, and queen; or knave, ten, nine, and eight..
Queen :: Queen (v. i.) 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..
Antithesis :: Antithesis (n.) An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself. He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen..
Via :: Via (prep.) By the way of; as, to send a letter via Queenstown to London..
Elizabethan :: Elizabethan (n.) One who lived in England in the time of Queen Elizabeth.
Conch :: Conch (n.) A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to those of the genus Strombus, which are of large size. S. gigas is the large pink West Indian conch. The large king, queen, and cameo conchs are of the genus Cassis. See Cameo..
Crown Office :: Crown office () The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases..
Beefwood :: Beefwood (n.) An Australian tree (Casuarina), and its red wood, used for cabinetwork; also, the trees Stenocarpus salignus of New South Wales, and Banksia compar of Queensland..
Tenth :: Tenth (n.) The tenth part of the annual profit of every living in the kingdom, formerly paid to the pope, but afterward transferred to the crown. It now forms a part of the fund called Queen Anne's Bounty..
Queencraft :: Queencraft (n.) Craft or skill in policy on the part of a queen.
Monarch :: Monarch (n.) A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief..
Tierce :: Tierce (n.) A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major..
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