【法】 王后

[ noun ]
the wife of a reigning king
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Queen \Queen\, n. [OE. quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. cw[=e]n
wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. qu[=a]n wife, woman, Icel.
kv[=a]n wife, queen, Goth. q[=e]ns. [root]221. See {Quean}.]
1. The wife of a king.

2. A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female
monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of
Scots.

In faith, and by the heaven's quene. --Chaucer.

3. A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of
her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used
figuratively of cities, countries, etc. `` This queen of
cities.'' `` Albion, queen of isles.'' --Cowper.

4. The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees,
ants, and termites.

5. (Chess) The most powerful, and except the king the most
important, piece in a set of chessmen.

6. A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the
queen of spades.

{Queen apple}. [Cf. OE. quyne aple quince apple.] A kind of
apple; a queening. ``Queen apples and red cherries.''
--Spenser.

{Queen bee} (Zo["o]l.), a female bee, especially the female
of the honeybee. See {Honeybee}.

{Queen conch} (Zo["o]l.), a very large West Indian cameo
conch ({Cassis cameo}). It is much used for making cameos.


{Queen consort}, the wife of a reigning king. --Blackstone.

{Queen dowager}, the widow of a king.

{Queen gold}, formerly a revenue of the queen consort of
England, arising from gifts, fines, etc.

{Queen mother}, a queen dowager who is also mother of the
reigning king or queen.

{Queen of May}. See {May queen}, under {May}.

{Queen of the meadow} (Bot.), a European herbaceous plant
({Spir[ae]a Ulmaria}). See {Meadowsweet}.

{Queen of the prairie} (Bot.), an American herb ({Spir[ae]a
lobata}) with ample clusters of pale pink flowers.

{Queen pigeon} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of very
large and handsome crested ground pigeons of the genus
{Goura}, native of New Guinea and the adjacent islands.
They are mostly pale blue, or ash-blue, marked with white,
and have a large occipital crest of spatulate feathers.
Called also {crowned pigeon}, {goura}, and {Victoria
pigeon}.

{Queen regent}, or {Queen regnant}, a queen reigning in her
own right.

{Queen's Bench}. See {King's Bench}.

{Queen's counsel}, {Queen's evidence}. See {King's counsel},
{King's evidence}, under {King}.

{Queen's delight} (Bot.), an American plant ({Stillinqia
sylvatica}) of the Spurge family, having an herbaceous
stem and a perennial woody root.

{Queen's metal} (Metal.), an alloy somewhat resembling pewter
or britannia, and consisting essentially of tin with a
slight admixture of antimony, bismuth, and lead or copper.


{Queen's pigeon}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Queen pigeon}, above.


{Queen's ware}, glazed English earthenware of a cream color.


{Queen's yellow} (Old Chem.), a heavy yellow powder
consisting of a basic mercuric sulphate; -- formerly
called {turpetum minerale}, or {Turbith's mineral}.


Consort \Con"sort\ (k[o^]n"s[^o]rt), n. [L. consore, -sortis;
con- + sors lot, fate, share. See {Sort}.]
1. One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner;
especially, a wife or husband. --Milton.

He single chose to live, and shunned to wed,
Well pleased to want a consort of his bed. --Dryden.

The consort of the queen has passed from this
troubled sphere. --Thakeray.

The snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his
darker consort. --Darwin.

2. (Naut.) A ship keeping company with another.

3. Concurrence; conjunction; combination; association; union.
``By Heaven's consort.'' --Fuller. ``Working in consort.''
--Hare.

Take it singly, and it carries an air of levity;
but, in consort with the rest, has a meaning quite
different. --Atterbury.

4. [LL. consortium.] An assembly or association of persons; a
company; a group; a combination. [Obs.]

In one consort' there sat
Cruel revenge and rancorous despite,
Disloyal treason, and heart-burning hate. --Spenser.

Lord, place me in thy consort. --Herbert.

5. [Perh. confused with concert.] Harmony of sounds; concert,
as of musical instruments. [Obs.] --Milton.

To make a sad consort';
Come, let us join our mournful song with theirs.
--Spenser.

{Prince consort}, the husband of a queen regnant.

{Queen consort}, the wife of a king, as distinguished from a
{queen regnant}, who rules alone, and a {queen dowager},
the window of a king.