ˈfæ.ɡət ˈfæɡ.ət ˈfɛə̯ɹi ˈpæn.zi pʊf kwiːn kwiːn kwɪɹ kwɪə ˈtæb.i become a queen her pawn queened female cat the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess (chess) the most powerful piece one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen offensive term for a homosexual man a female sovereign ruler the wife or widow of a king something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind Paris is the queen of cities the queen of ocean liners a female competitor who holds a preeminent position