queenlike Definition

queen
noun

1a. A woman who rules a country, having inherited her position by birth;

Thesaurus: monarch, empress, ruler, sovereign.
1b. The wife of a king;

Form: queen consort (in full)
1c. The title applied to someone who holds either of these positions and which is usually followed by a designated first name or by the name of the country she rules.

Example: Queen Elizabeth I
Example: Mary Queen of Scots
Form: Queen (usually)
2. A woman, place or thing considered supreme in some way.

Example: queen of people's hearts
Example: queen of European cities
3. A large fertile female ant, bee or wasp that lays eggs.
4. chess.
A piece that is able to move forwards, backwards, sideways or diagonally, making it the most powerful piece on the board.
5. cards.
Any of the four high-ranking face cards that have a picture of a queen on them.
6a. derog
An effeminate male homosexual;
6b. gay
A male homosexual who likes to camp it up.
(Brit)
7. colloq
The national anthem when a woman is on the throne
Example: Remember when the Queen was played in cinemas?
Form: the Queen (usually)

verb queened, queening

1a. chess.
To advance (a pawn) to the opponent's side of the board and convert it into a queen;
intr
1b. chess.
Said of a pawn: to reach the opponent's side of the board and so be converted into a queen.
2. To make (a woman) queen.

Derivative: queendom
noun

Derivative: queenlike
adj

Derivative: queenship
noun

Idiom: queen it

colloq
Said of a woman: to behave overbearingly.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon cwene a woman.