Definition of Queens

1. Noun. A borough of New York City.

Generic synonyms: Borough
Group relationships: Greater New York, New York, New York City

Definition of Queens

1. Proper noun. One of the five boroughs of New York, New York, situated on Long Island, north of Brooklyn, west of Nassau county. ¹

2. Proper noun. Queens county, NY; the county that the borough of Queens resides in. ¹

3. Noun. (plural of queen) ¹

4. Noun. (poker slang) A pair of queens. ¹

5. Verb. (third-person singular of queen) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Queens

1. queen [v] - See also: queen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Queens

Queen's Counsel
Queen's English
Queen Anne
Queen Anne's Bounty
Queen Anne's lace
Queen Charlotte Islands
Queen Charlotte Sound
Queen City
Queen Maud Land
Queen Victoria
Queen of England
Queen of Hearts
Queen of Sheba
Queens
Queensberry rules
Queensboro Bridge
Queensland
Queensland bottletree
Queensland hemp
Queensland nut
Queensland nuts
Queenslander
Queenslanders
Queer Street
Quellung reaction
Quemoy
Quentin

Literary usage of Queens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The "A.L.A." Index: An Index to General Literature, Biographical, Historical by American Library Association (1901)
"queens — Counts of, the castle builders. Cook, TD Eng. v. 6. Old Touraine, 1: 18. Anjou. ... 22. Anne of Austria, queen and regent. Bush, AF queens of ..."

2. American Book Prices Current by Katherine Kyes Leab, Daniel J Leab (1899)
"Probasco sale, Bangs', Jan. 16, 1899. (1553) $17.00 7240 WORKS, comprising: Lives of the queens of England, 12 Bangs', April 5, 1899. ..."

3. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, Alfred William Pollard, William Caxton (1900)
"CHAPTER III How four queens found Launcelot sleeping, and how by enchantment he was taken and led into a castle. Now leave we these knights prisoners, ..."

4. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the Admiralty by Samuel Pepys, John A. Smith, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1854)
"What Miss Strickland has achieved for English queens since the Norman ... It should take its place by the side of Miss Strickland's ' Lives of the queens. ..."

5. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1866)
"I do not find the pure Italian queens larger in size than the common ones ... The colonies of such queens are, in every respect, equal to the pure. ..."

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