Queen \Queen\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Queened; p. pr. & vb. n.
Queening.]
(Chess.)
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Queen \Queen\, n. [OE. quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. cw[=e]n
wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. qu[=a]n wife, woman, Icel.
1. See Quean.]
1. The wife of a king.
2. 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. --Chaucer.
3. A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of
her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used
figuratively of cities, countries, etc. `` This queen of
cities.'' `` Albion, queen of isles.'' --Cowper.
4. The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees,
ants, and termites.
5. (Chess) The most powerful, and except the king the most
important, piece in a set of chessmen.
6. A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the
queen of spades.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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