Queen
Political- queen regnant -- female monarch
- queen consort -- a wife of a male monarch (king). Usually the husband of a queen regnant isn't known as king. In the United Kingdom, the term prince consort[?] has been used.
- queen dowager[?] -- a woman who was queen consort but whose husband has died (or abdicated), and someone else has become monarch
- queen mother[?] -- a queen dowager whose child is now on the throne, having succeeded her husband as monarch
Other
- The queen is the most powerful piece in the game of chess.
- Queen is the name of a British rock band, famous for their song "Bohemian Rhapsody".
- The only female insect in a hive that is fertile and egg laying, for example, a queen bee.
- A female cat with a litter of kittens.
- A drag queen.
- Slang term for a femme gay man.
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