QUEEN, noun 1. The consort of a king; a queen consort. 2. A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a queen-regent; as Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scotland. 3. The sovereign of a swarm of bees, or the female of the hive. A hive of bees cannot subsist without a queen QUEEN of the meadows, meadow sweet, a plant of the genus Spiraea. QUEEN, verb intransitive To play the queen; to act the part or character of a queen
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI