Definition of "queen"

The king doth keepe his Reuels here to night. Take heede the Queene come not within his ſight.

c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, A Midsommer Nights Dreame. […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Thomas Fisher, […], published 1600, [Act II, scene i]

But our mercifull Queene Elizabeth hath not burned the popiſh prieſtes on the alters where they committed idolatrie in ſaying of Maſſe, and worſhipped a piece of breade for the bodie of Chriſte (which ſhee might haue done if ſhee would) and yet you count not her for a godly and mercifull Queene.

1582, Thomas Lupton, The Christian Against the Jesuite‎, London, retrieved 14 January 2022, page 50v

In 1952, at the last accession, there were only eight members of the new entity taking shape in the outline of the British Empire. The Queen was the head of state in seven of them, and she was proclaimed Head of the Commonwealth to accommodate India’s lone status as a republic.

2017 March 17, Sam Knight, “‘London Bridge Is Down’: The Secret Plan for the Days After the Queen’s Death”, in The Guardian‎, London, retrieved 16 January 2022

Thare saw I May, of myrthfull monethis quene.

1508, William Dunbar, “The Goldyn Targe”, in William Dunbar, edited by Priscilla Bawcutt, The Poems of William Dunbar, volume 1, Glasgow: Association for Scottish Literary Studies, published 1998, page 186

The foregoing eleven chapters of criticism were but preludes to an assertion: of theology as itself a social science, and the queen of the sciences for the inhabitants of the altera civitas, on pilgrimage through this temporary world.

2006, John Milbank, Theology and Social Theory‎, 2nd edition, Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, page 418

Each time a worker shakes the queen, she grasps the queen with her forelegs and shakes her own body for a second or so, delivering 10 to 20 vigorous shakings of the queen […]

2010, Thomas D. Seeley, Honeybee Democracy, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, page 37

Truss framed with King Posts […] Do. with Kings and Queens.

1811, Skyring's Builder’s Prices

[…] all of these men are lasciviously dressed in womanly attire, short sleeves, low-necked dresses and the usual ball-room decorations and ornaments of women, feathered and ribboned head-dresses, garters, frills, flowers, ruffles, etc., and deport themselves as women. Standing or seated on a pedestal, but accessible to all the rest, is the naked queen (a male), whose phallic member, decorated with a ribbon, is subject to the gaze and osculations in turn, of all the members of this lecherous gang of sexual perverts and phallic fornicators.

1893, C. H. Hughes, “Postscript to Paper on ‘Erotopathia’”, in The Alienist and Neurologist‎, volume 14, retrieved 4 February 2022, pages 731–732

[…] operator Charles Zipf described the "feminine" attire found in Gianelli’s room, reported his description of other "queens," and passed on "Salome's" admission of having had sex with men from the U.S.S. Baltimore.

1919, Lawrence R. Murphy, Perverts by Official Order: The Campaign Against Homosexuals by the United States Navy, New York: Harrington Park Press, published 1988, page 57

Despite one's opinion of Sylvia I can attest to the purity of her intent and dedication, and, no one will dare deny she is one gutsy queen.

1974 March, Bebe Scarpi, “Intro 2, a Threat to Transvestites?”, in Gay‎, volume 5, number 112, New York: Four Swords, retrieved 13 January 2022, page 5

A few outdoor houses for the queens are used.

1898 August 6, The Ladies’ Field

When your queen has returned from the stud it is always advisable to keep her shut up until all restlessness has left her.

1906 September, C. S. Sedgwick, “Veterinary Notes”, in Pacific Fancier‎, volume 4, number 2, Los Angeles, retrieved 19 January 2022, page 25

The combined quantity of Queens and Manzanillas to be pickled from the 1935 olive crop in the Seville District of Spain is estimated at 32,500 short tons, according to a report received from N. I. Nielsen, Agricultural Attaché at Paris.

1935 December 30, Foreign Agricultural Service, “Spanish Pickled Olive Production and Supplies”, in Foreign Crops and Markets‎, volume 31, number 27, Washington: United States Department of Agriculture, retrieved 4 February 2022, page 931

Prices for the two main types of Spanish style green olives - manzanillas and queens - vary according to the size of the crop of each. In some years queens will be more expensive than manzanillas […]

1984, United States International Trade Commission, Bottled Green Olives from Spain, Washington, page A-24

Since exposure plays a major role in the success of a queen, even those performers who do not win a Talent Night can obtain bookings by the bar and establish a reputation.

2004, Steven J. Hopkins, “‘Let the Drag Race Begin’: The Rewards of Becoming a Queen”, in Journal of Homosexuality, volume 46, numbers 3–4, page 144

"I mean, it's not for everyone. And there's definitely good drag and bad drag. […] But I did learn a lot about myself and what I wanted from my life from some of the queens I used to know."

2018 December 19, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 1111 - Drag

Ad Hoc Softwares has bright hand-blocked floral cotton bed linens from India, including flat full/queen sheets, were $85, now $51; standard pillowcases, were $18 each, now $10.80 […]

1994 March 21, Leonore Fleischer, “Sales & Bargains”, in New York, volume 27, number 12, page 73

This dreame of mine / Being now awake, Ile Queene it no inch farther, / But milke my Ewes, and weepe.

c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act IV, scene iv], page 295, column 1

Neither King will be able to stop the opponent's pawns from queening, when the game should be a draw. In such cases, which side queens first, or queens with check, can make a crucial difference. In this case, White promotes his pawn first and is able to put this advantage to good use.

2003, Yasser Seirawan, Winning Chess Endings, London: Everyman Chess, page 39

They have all been queened by imported stock, or the best of home-bred mothers.

1882 November 22, E. L. Briggs, “Development of ‘The Coming Bee’”, in The American Bee Journal‎, volume 18, number 47, retrieved 15 January 2022, page 743

The nucleus should not be queened by a queen from any of the parent colonies.

1957, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (India), The Wealth of India, page 263

In queening his apiary, he aims to keep about half of the queens of the current season's rearing, and the other of the summer preceding.

1896, The Progressive Bee-Keeper, page 320

If such a queen is immediately allowed to run through the entrance of a queenless colony, the queening is usually successful.

1967, Everett Franklin Phillips, Are Bees Reflex Machines?

Once you have introduced the queen, the first three steps of the capture have been completed, namely: blocking the tree, providing an alternate home, and queening the colony.

1980, Robert E. Donovan, Hunting Wild Bees

Sealed cells with about to emerge queens are used for queening the divisions.

2007, NPCS Board of Consultants & Engineers, The Complete Book on Beekeeping and Honey Processing, page 389

The classic posture, in which you lie on your back while the male serves you, may make him feel arrogant and in charge. 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).

1996, Lorelei, The Mistress Manual: The Good Girl’s Guide to Female Dominance, Scranton, Pennsylvania: Berkana Press, page 138

She saw his pink tongue flickering on Clare's exposed nympha as she queened him, her love juices shining on his chin and throat […]

2012, Yolanda Celbridge, The Castle of Maldona