Meaning & use
queen
A female monarch who rules a country in her own right, or the wife of a reigning king.
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The queen addressed the nation in a rare televised speech.
She was crowned queen at just eighteen years old.
A note on using this word
Queen also names the reigning female piece in chess and the single fertile female in a colony of bees or ants.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
The single fertile, egg-laying female in a colony of social insects such as bees or ants.
Worker bees spend much of their time feeding and protecting the queen.
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