queen bee
English
noun
Definitions
- A reproductive female (especially the only one) in a colony of bees.
- (idiomatic) The most important or dominant woman in an organisation or situation.
- (metaphoric) stem Stem cell
Etymology
Affix from English queen (an effeminate male homosexual) + English bee (get-together, gathering, bracelet, ring, metal ring, contest).
Origin
English
bee
Gloss
get-together, gathering, bracelet, ring, metal ring, contest
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
輪
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Queen Elizabeth Islands English
- Queenie English
- Queenite English
- Queensferry English
- antibee English
- antiqueen English
- bee English
- bee fly English
- beebread English
- beebrush English
- beedom English
- beehive English
- beehiving English
- beehood English
- beehouse English
- beekeeper English
- beekeeping English
- beekind English
- beeless English
- beelike English
- beeline English
- beeling English
- beely English
- beemageddon English
- beemaster English
- beemother English
- beepocalypse English
- beeproof English
- beeskep English
- beeswarm English
- beewort English
- beey English
- beeyard English
- butch queen English
- dequeen English
- honeybee English
- humblebee English
- merqueen English
- multiqueen English
- nanobee English
- queen English
- queen-cage English
- queen-size English
- queencraft English
- queendom English
- queener English
- queenfish English
- queenhood English
- queenie English
- queenish English
- queenless English
- queenlet English
- queenlike English
- queenly English
- queenmaker English
- queenright English
- queenship English
- queenside English
- queeny English
- requeen English
- semiqueen English
- spelling bee English
- unqueen English
- yas queen English
- Queen German
- cuina Spanish, Castilian
- クイーン Japanese
- ビー Japanese
- bee Middle English
- quene Middle English
- ควีน Thai
- 퀸 Korean
- kwiin Marshallese
- pi Marshallese
- bi Tok Pisin
- kwin Tok Pisin
- bi Bislama
- G@Shoulder-PalmDown G@Abdomen-PalmDown American Sign Language
- bee
- beey
- beely
- queen
- beedom
- queeny
- beehive
- dequeen
- requeen
- Queenie
- beekind
- queenie
- nanobee
- antibee
- beeline
- unqueen
- bee fly
- queener
- beelike
- beeskep
- beewort
- beehood
- queenly
- beeling
- beeyard
- beeless
- beebread
- queenlet
- beehouse
- merqueen
- Queenite
- queendom
- honeybee
- beeswarm
- beebrush
- queenish
- beeproof
- queenlike
- beemother
- queenhood
- queenship
- yas queen
- queenside
- queenless
- beemaster
- antiqueen
- beekeeper
- humblebee
- beehiving
- semiqueen
- queenfish
- beekeeping
- queenmaker
- queencraft
- queenright
- queen-size
- multiqueen
- queen-cage
- beemageddon
- Queensferry
- butch queen
- spelling bee
- beepocalypse
- Queen Elizabeth Islands