Contents 1 In government and monarchy 2 Ships 3 In arts and literature 4 In zoology 5 In religion and folklore 6 In games 7 In popular culture 8 See also

In singular form, Queen may refer to:

[ In government and monarchy

See also Category:Queens

• Queen regnant, a female monarch, equivalent to the male title king; she is referred to informally in the third person as "The Queen"
• Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king
• Queen dowager, a former queen consort whose husband has died or abdicated
• Queen mother, either a queen dowager, or a queen regnant who has abdicated, whose son or daughter has become the monarch
• Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
• Margrethe II of Denmark
• Beatrix of the Netherlands

[ Ships

• HMS Queen has been the name of fifteen ships of the British Royal Navy and its precursors.
• Queen was the name of a ship of Her Majesty's Indian Navy.

[ In arts and literature

• Queen (band), an English rock band
  • Queen (album), the band's debut album
  • Queen II, the band's second album
• Queen (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), a character in Snow White and the seven Dwarfs
• Queen (magazine), a British women's magazine
• The Queen (film), a 2006 film starring Dame Helen Mirren
• Queen: The Story of an American Family, a book by Alex Haley and a 1993 TV mini-series based on that book
• Queen Records, a record label

[ In zoology

• Queen (insect), the only female insect in a hive or colony of social insects that is fertile and egg laying
• Queen (butterfly), a butterfly species from the subfamily Danainae
• An adult female cat^{[citation needed]}
• Queen scallop, a shellfish

[ In religion and folklore

• May Queen, the goddess of spring or a young girl chosen to personify her as part of a springtime celebration
• Mary, mother of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, as known by several epithets, including "Queen of the World," "Queen of Heaven," and "Queen of Angels"

[ In games

• Queen (chess), a chess piece
• Queen (playing card), a card or cards in a deck of playing cards or tarot cards

[ In popular culture

• Queen (automobile), three automobiles manufactured under the name "Queen"
• Queen (gay slang), a derogatory term for a gay man
• Drag queen, a (usually male) entertainer dressed in woman's clothing
• The winner of a beauty contest
• An elected queen of a high school or college homecoming
• The elected queen of a formal dance held at high schools in the U.S.A. and other countries

[ See also

• Queen Street, any of several streets
• Queen (TTC), a subway station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• A size of bed
• A size of pantyhose for women
• Winter Queen (disambiguation)
• Queening (disambiguation)
• Queens (disambiguation) (including "Queen's")