See Also: queen(2)(dictionary)
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queen(1)(dictionary)
May Queen(dictionary)
Queen Mab(dictionary)
queen(medicine)
Queen Air(tourism)
Queen of the Sea(tourism)
Queen, the(dictionary)
Queen of the May(dictionary)

queen(2) (iou)



queen verb. [kwi:n] E17.
[from the noun.]
verb intrans. & trans. (with it). Act or rule as queen; transf. behave as if a queen, be ostentatious or overbearing. Also foll. by over. E17.
J. Gathorne-Hardy Nan..still queened it over the rest of the staff. V. S. Pritchett The bride was in full folly, queening it before the groom.
Chess.
a. verb trans. Convert (a pawn) into a queen when it reaches the opponent's end of the board. L18.
queening square the square on a chessboard on which a particular pawn may be queened.
b. verb intrans. Of a pawn: reach the position of conversion into a queen. M19.
verb trans. Make (a woman) a queen. M19.
verb trans. Rule over as a queen. rare. M19.