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- pronunciation:
- kwin
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noun |
| definition 1: |
A queen is a female ruler of a country and sometimes wears a crown. When a girl or woman becomes a queen, she stays the queen for the rest of her life. A queen is not chosen to be queen by the people of her country. A person can only become queen by being the daughter or other close relative of a person who was a ruler before her.
There were crowds of people waiting along the street hoping to see the queen as she rode by in her carriage.
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| definition 2: |
A queen is the wife of a king.
The king and his queen sat beside each other on their thrones. |
| definition 3: |
A queen is a playing card that has the picture of a queen on it.
There are four queens in a deck of cards.
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| derivation: |
queenlike (adj.) |
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