Emily Dickinson Lexicon

QUEEN, n. [Sax. cwæn or cwen, Goth. queins, quens, Dan. qvinde, Sw. qvinna, a woman; Sans. kanya. Qu: Ir. coinne and Gr. γυνη.]

1. The consort of a king; a queen consort.
2. A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a queen-regent; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scotland.
3. The sovereign of a swarm of bees, or the female of the hive. A hive of bees can not subsist without a queen. – Encyc. Queen of the meadows, meadow sweet, a plant of the genus Spiræa. – Lee.