koningin

Definitions of koningin
  1. noun
    the wife or widow of a king
    synonyms: dynast, heer, hoogheid, landsheer, landsvorst, miss, monarch, schoonheidskoningin, vorst, vorstin
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    types:
    koningin-regentes
    a queen who serves as ruler when the king cannot
  2. noun
    (chess) the most powerful piece
    synonyms: dame
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    type of:
    schaakstuk, stuk
    any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
  3. noun
    the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
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    types:
    hommelkoningin, moederbij
    fertile egg-laying female bee
    type of:
    beestje, insect, insekt
    small air-breathing arthropod
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