“Quean” or “Queen”

quean

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

queen k·w·IY·n

• nounthe only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs.
• nouna female sovereign ruler.
• nounthe wife or widow of a king.
• nounsomething personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind.
• nounone of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen.
• noun(chess) the most powerful piece.
• nounan especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males.
• verbpromote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess.
• verbbecome a queen.