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queenlike | queen | Derived terms |

Queenlike is a derived term of queen.


As a adjective queenlike

is resembling a queen (female monarch) or some aspect of one; regal, majestic.

As a noun queen is

a female monarch example: (queen victoria).

As a verb queen is

to make a queen.

queenlike

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Resembling a queen (female monarch) or some aspect of one; regal, majestic.
  • (zoology) Resembling a queen (reproductive female animal) or some aspect of one.
  • * 1991 , Kenneth G Ross, Robert W Matthews, The social biology of wasps
  • Although the laying workers functioned in a queenlike manner, they were unable to suppress ovarian development as effectively as the queen.

    Antonyms

    * unqueenlike

    queen

    English

    (wikipedia queen)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A female monarch. Example: (Queen Victoria)
  • The wife or widow of a king.
  • (chess) The most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
  • (card games) A playing card with the picture of a queen on its face, the twelfth card in a given suit.
  • A powerful or forceful female person.
  • (derogatory, slang) An effeminate male homosexual. See drag queen.
  • A reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.
  • An adult female cat valued for breeding. See also tom.
  • Synonyms

    * (female monarch) queen regnant * (wife of a king) queen consort

    Derived terms

    * drag queen * drama queen * ice queen * May Queen / queen of the May * prom queen * queencraft * queenhood * Queenie * queenlike * queenly * Queen of Sheba * Queen's English * queenship * requeen

    See also

    * *

    See also

    * czarina * duchess * emperor * empress * imperial * jack * king * kingdom * majesty * prince * princess * royal * royalty

    Verb

  • To make a queen.
  • (obsolete) To act the part of a queen; to queen it.
  • (Shakespeare)
  • (chess) To promote a pawn, usually to a queen.
  • (BDSM, slang, transitive, of a female) To sit on the face of (a partner) to receive oral sex.
  • * 2000 , "Lorelei", The Mistress Manual: The Good Girl's Guide to Female Dominance
  • Try Queening him. Have him lie on his back while you sit on his face (make sure he has an airway through either his mouth or his nose).
  • * 2007 , Madelynne Ellis, Dark Designs
  • ...not Eloise, sat queening him. He couldn't wait to tip her velvet. He wanted to come, but not here, with these three. It was time to extract himself.
  • * 2012 , Yolanda Celbridge, The Castle of Maldona
  • She saw his pink tongue flickering on Clare's exposed nympha as she queened him, her love juices shining on his chin and throat