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queen 1. a female sovereign who is the official ruler or head of state 2. the wife or widow of a king 3. a. the only fertile female in a colony of social insects, such as bees, ants, and termites, from the eggs of which the entire colony develops b. (as modifier): a queen bee 4. an adult female cat 5. one of four playing cards in a pack, one for each suit, bearing the picture of a queen 6. a chess piece, theoretically the most powerful piece, able to move in a straight line in any direction or diagonally, over any number of squares queen [kwēn] (invertebrate zoology) A mature, fertile female in a colony of ants, bees, or termites, whose function is to lay eggs. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The first witnesses testified on 6 March 1544 that Mildred had been born in September 1532, and a week later, on 13 March, the witnesses confirmed that she "was born iii q[uar]ters of a yeare before the coronacoon of quene Anne, which was butt xi yeres agone at Whytsontyde last past. spaec (space) quene (queen) rool (rule) maek (make) 10a) And when he come to be citee pat she was in, priueliche he sent his Squyer vnto pe quene, to tel her pat heir fader was comen to her for grete nede. |
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