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queened — kwɪËn n. female monarch; homosexual (Slang) v. govern as a queen; behave like a queen, behave arrogantly; exchange a pawn for a queen (Chess) … English contemporary dictionary
queen — I UK [kwiːn] / US [kwɪn] noun [countable] Word forms queen : singular queen plural queens *** 1) a) a woman who rules a country because she belongs to a royal family Queen Elizabeth Plans were afoot for a royal visit from the King and Queen of… … English dictionary
Queen — Queen, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Queened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Queening}.] (Chess.) To make a queen (or other piece, at the player s discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Queening — Queen Queen, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Queened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Queening}.] (Chess.) To make a queen (or other piece, at the player s discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Checkmate — For other uses, see Checkmate (disambiguation). The black king has been checkmated; the game is over, assuming that there are no other pieces (not visible in the picture) that could capture the queen. Checkmate (frequently shortened to mate) is a … Wikipedia
King and pawn versus king endgame — The chess endgame with a king and a pawn versus a king is one of the most important and fundamental endgames, other than the basic checkmates harvcol|Lasker|1915. It is important to master this endgame, since most other endgames have the… … Wikipedia
Prolasius advenus — Taxobox name = Prolasius advenus regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hymenoptera familia = Formicidae genus = Prolasius species = P. advenus binomial = Prolasius advenus binomial authority = (Fr. Smith, 1862) Prolasius… … Wikipedia
queen it — verb To behave like a queen; to be superior or conceited. But while she was with the Morels she queened it. She sat and let Annie or Paul wait on her as if they were her servants. mdash; D H Lawrence, Sons and Lovers (1913) Syn: lord it … Wiktionary
queen — (kwēn) n. 1. a) The wife or widow of a king. b) A woman sovereign. 2. a) A woman considered preeminent in a particular field: »the reigning queen of hip hop. b) A woman chosen as the winner o … Word Histories
