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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|HMS ''Queen'']] has been the name of fifteen ships of the British [[Royal Navy]] and its precursors.
*[[Indian sloop Queen|''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)|''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#Nomenclature|cat]]{{Fact|date=July 2008}}
* [[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 [[Homecoming#Homecoming Queen and King|queen]] of a high school or college homecoming
* The elected [[Prom queen#Prom King and Queen|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#Standard sizes|bed]]
* A size of [[pantyhose]] for women
* [[Winter Queen (disambiguation)]]
* [[Queening]] (disambiguation)
* [[Queens (disambiguation)]] (including "Queen's")
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