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- Queen's CounselAn honorific status officially conferred on senior or meritorious barristers (and occasionally other kinds of lawyer) during the reign of a queen.
- Queen's EnglishOften preceded by the: spoken or written English regarded as used and safeguarded by the Queen of England; standard English characterized by correct grammar and what is thought of as proper usage of words and expressions, and (when spoken) …
- Queen's CountyFormer name of Laois: a county of Leinster, Ireland; used from 1556 to 1922.
- Queen's Indian DefenceA chess opening characterized by the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6.
- Queen's BenchSynonym of King's Bench (when the monarch is female)
- Queen's BirthdayA holiday or observance commemorating a female monarch and observing her birth, including:
- Queen's Gambit DeclinedA chess opening characterized by the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6.
- Queen's ParkAn urban park in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- queen's peaceThe public peace, for the maintenance of which the queen as head of the executive is responsible.
- queen's pawnA pawn on the queen's file; i.e., the d-file.
- Queen's speechAn address to the people of the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth broadcast on radio and television by the Queen on Christmas Day
- Queen's cowboysplural of Queen's cowboy: A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- queen's cupSynonym of bride's bonnet (“the plant Clintonia uniflora”).
- queen's delightThe plant Stillingia sylvatica.
- Queen's GambitA common Closed Game in chess, characterized by the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4, in which white's second move is queen's bishop's pawn to the fourth rank.
- Queen's Gambit AcceptedA common Closed Game in chess, characterized by the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4, in which black's second move is queen's pawn to the fourth rank, capturing white's queen's bishop's pawn, as a response to the Queen's Gambit.
- Queen's Pawn GameA chess opening characterized by the move 1.d4, in which the white queen's pawn advances two squares as the first move.
- Queen's ScoutSynonym of King's Scout: A Scout who has attained the King's Scout Award, the highest youth award in the Scouting movement in the Commonwealth realms.
- Queen's shillingAlternative form of King's shilling (during reigns when the monarch is a queen regnant).
- Red Queen's hypothesisAlternative form of Red Queen hypothesis: An evolutionary hypothesis which proposes that organisms must constantly adapt, evolve, and proliferate not merely to gain reproductive advantage, but also simply to survive while pitted against …
- queen's cakeAlternative form of queen cake: A soft, muffin-sized, often heart-shaped cake, particularly popular in the 18th century, containing currants and flavoured with mace and sometimes lemons or oranges, which may be topped with chocolate or …
- queen's bishop's pawnA bishop's pawn on the queenside; i.e., a pawn on the c-file.
- queen's bishop's pawnsplural of queen's bishop's pawn: A bishop's pawn on the queenside; i.e., a pawn on the c-file.
- queen's cakesplural of queen's cake: A soft, muffin-sized, often heart-shaped cake, particularly popular in the 18th century, containing currants and flavoured with mace and sometimes lemons or oranges, which may be topped with chocolate or shredded …
- Queen's Counselsplural of Queen's Counsel: An honorific status officially conferred on senior or meritorious barristers (and occasionally other kinds of lawyer) during the reign of a queen.