Femme vs. Queen — What's the Difference?

Femme is most often a term used to describe a lesbian who exhibits a feminine identity. It is sometimes used by feminine gay men, bisexuals, and transgender individuals.

The wife or widow of a king.

(Slang) A person, especially a lesbian or a gay man, who exhibits stereotypical feminine traits, often in an exaggerated way.

A female sovereign.

(Informal) A woman or girl.

A woman considered preeminent in a particular field

A woman, a wife; a young woman or girl.

A woman chosen as the winner of a contest or the honorary head of an event

(LGBT) A lesbian or other queer woman whose appearance, identity etc. is seen as feminine as opposed to butch.

Something having eminence or supremacy in a given domain and personified as a woman

A person whose gender is feminine-leaning, such as a feminine non-binary person.

The most powerful chess piece, able to move in any direction over any number of empty squares in a straight line.

Pertaining to a femme; feminine, female.

A playing card bearing the figure of a queen, ranking above the jack and below the king.

Effeminate (of a man).

The sole reproductive female, or one of several such females, in a colony of eusocial insects, such as bees, wasps, ants, or termites.

Characteristic of a feminine lesbian or queer woman.

The reproductive female in a colony of naked mole rats.

A mature female cat, especially one kept for breeding purposes.

Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a gay man.

A queen-size bed.

To make (a woman) a queen.

(Games) To raise (a pawn) to queen in chess.

To become a queen in chess.

Of or relating to a queen-size bed

The wife, consort, or widow of a king.

A female monarch.

A woman whose pre-eminence, power, or forcefulness is comparable to that of a queen.

(Christianity) The Virgin Mary (especially in formulations such as Queen of Heaven, Queen of Glory).

An excellent woman.

A woman pre-eminent in a particular group or field.

An attractive woman; a female partner in a romantic relationship.

Something regarded as the greatest of its kind or as having pre-eminence or power comparable to that of a queen over a given area.

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A chess piece that, under contemporary rules, is the most powerful, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

A playing card with a depiction of a queen on it, generally ranking next below the king and above the jack in a given suit.

A red disk that is the most valuable piece in the Asian game of carrom.

[[File:Apis mellifera scutellata 1355021.jpg|thumb|upright|Worker bees around the queen (reproductive female insect in a hive) of the hive, marked with a pink dot]] A reproductive female insect in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.

(obsolete) A type of flatfish, specifically the lemon sole.

(rare) A queen apple.

A queen scallop.

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A type of large roofing slate.

A homosexual man, especially one regarded as effeminate.

An adult female cat capable of breeding.

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Pertaining to a queen-size bed or queen-size bedding.

A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp., especially Danaus gilippus).

To act the part of a queen; to behave imperiously; to queen it.

(transitive) To make a queen or (figuratively) to give the status of a queen.

(chess) To promote a pawn to a queen.

(beekeeping) To be the queen bee of a colony.

(beekeeping) To provide with a new queen bee.

To sit on a person’s face to receive oral sex, typically while straddling the person’s head.

The wife of a king.

A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots.

A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; - also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc.

The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites.

The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen.

A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.

A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing.

To act the part of a queen.

To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn.

The only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs

A female sovereign ruler

The wife or widow of a king

Something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind;

A competitor who holds a preeminent position

Offensive terms for an openly homosexual man

One of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen

(chess) the most powerful piece

Especially large and only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring sired by only a few males

Female cat

Promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess

Become a queen;